Recent Posts in Civil Procedure

• Posted By Justin S. Kahn 25-Jun-2020

  Use Pictures and Models to Help a Jury Understand

  Cell Phone Map Use of Demonstrative Evidence Helps Jurors Charts, summaries and images can be used during a trial. The images help the jury understand the case. The rules of evidence allow large amounts of information be reduced to chart form and ...

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• Posted By Kahn Law Firm 24-Jun-2020

  In Litigation, Attorneys Must Update Responses

  Litigation Requires Attorneys to Work With Each Other When there is a lawsuit, personal injury lawyers can request the other side provide information and documents. That process is called discovery. Recently, the South Carolina Court of Appeals ...

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• Posted By Kahn Law Firm 24-Feb-2020

  Kahn Law Firm attorneys Kahn and Allison spoke at the Southern Trial Lawyers Annual Seminar

  Justin Kahn and Wes Allison both spoke at the Southern Trial Lawyers Association annual seminar in New Orleans this past weekend. They taught lawyers in throughout the country how to be better advocates for their clients in a variety of cases using ...

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• Posted By Kahn Law Firm 14-Feb-2020

  Kahn Law Firm attorneys Kahn and Allison spoke at the South Carolina Bar seminar Better Motion Practice

  Kahn Law Firm attorneys Justin Kahn and Wes Allison spoke at the South Carolina Bar seminar Better Motion Practice. About the Seminar This seminar is a practical look at how you can improve your Motion Practice. Justin discusses key elements such as ...

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• Posted By Kahn Law Firm 30-Aug-2019

  2 New Books by Justin Kahn Published by SC Bar CLE Division

  The South Carolina Bar CLE Division has announed the publication of Justin Kahn's latest litigation books. The South Carolina Rules of Procedure Annotated and South Carolina Evidence Handbook Annotated, 14th Edition are now available. These handy ...

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• Posted By Kahn Law Firm 13-Mar-2018

  Supreme Court Clarifies Email Notice in Civil Court Appeals

  The South Carolina Supreme Court has clarified that an email providing written notice of entry of an order or judgment triggers the time for serving a notice of appeal for purposes of Rule 203(b)(1), SCACR when it is sent from the court, an attorney ...

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• Posted By Kahn Law Firm 5-Jan-2018

  Kahn Speaks At National CLE

  Justin Kahn spoke at a national Continuing Legal Education program in Colorado this week. He taught lawyers about Winning and Working with Technology: Creating Impact at Trials, Motions and Mediation. Justin speaks frequently for continuing legal ...

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• Posted By Kahn Law Firm 1-Dec-2017

  Kahn Teaches at Family Court Bench Bar Program

  On Friday, December 1, 2017, Justin Kahn spoke to South Carolina family court judges and lawyers at the South Carolina Bar 2017 Family Court Bench Bar program. Justin spoke with Hon. Brian Gibbons about "Family Court Rule 25: A Practical Guide ...

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• Posted By Kahn Law Firm 8-Aug-2017

  Justin Kahn Speaks at South Carolina Association of Justice Seminar

  Justin Kahn spoke at the annual South Carolina Association for Justice Litigation at Sunrise seminar on August 4, 2017. Each year Justin has helped coordinate and moderate the practical seminar which invites some of the best personal injury attorneys ...

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• Posted By Kahn Law Firm 7-Aug-2017

  SC Bar Publishes Justin Kahn's Annotated Rules Book

  Justin Kahn has written his latest book annotating the South Carolina rules of court. The South Carolina Rules Annotated 2017 includes: the full text and annotations for the S.C. Rules of Civil Procedure, S.C. Rules of Criminal Procedure, and the ...

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• Posted By Kahn Law Firm 3-Sep-2015

  Justin Kahn Speaks to SC Women Lawyers Association

  Justin Kahn was invited to speak to the SC Women Lawyers Association on the topic of Persuasive presentations and rules refresher on Thursday Sep. 3, 2015 at the Palmetto Club in Columbia, SC. This 1 hour CLE reviewed methods for persuasively ...

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• Posted By Kahn Law Firm 27-Aug-2015

  Court E-Mail Triggers Written Notice for Appeal Clock

  An email from the court that attached a signed clocked copy of the order was considered written notice that starts the clock on the time for appeal. The South Carolina Court of Appeals issued an order in Wells Fargo Bank, NA v. Fallon Properties ...

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• Posted By Kahn Law Firm 29-Jul-2015

  Legal Malpractice Action by Kahn Law Firm

  The public and clients are protected from the negligence of lawyers and their agents. Today, the South Carolina Supreme Court reversed the court of appeals and upheld a trial court decision in a lawyer malpractice action brought by Kahn Law Firm. ...

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• Posted By Kahn Law Firm 12-Aug-2014

  Discovery and the Insurance Claim File Article by Justin Kahn and Wes Allison

  Justin Kahn and Wes Allison have published another article in the South Carolina Association for Justice Bulletin. There is discussion about the discoverability of materials typically claimed privileged or protected by insurers. Also, the law ...

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• Posted By Kahn Law Firm 14-Jul-2014

  South Carolina Rules Annotated 2014 Published by SC Bar CLE Division

  The South Carolina Bar CLE Division has published the latest version of the Rules Annotated authored by Justin S. Kahn. This one stop resource has been helping lawyers and judges for over 20 years. Did you know that SCRCP, Rule 41.2 related to ...

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• Posted By Kahn Law Firm 21-May-2014

  Court Agrees Injured Party Can Depose Defendant's Auto Insurer

  A federal judge recently agreed with Kahn Law Firm that where the injured party seeks to depose the defendant’s auto insurer to find out (1) whether defendant gave any statements to the insurer and, if so, the substance of those statements; and ...

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• Posted By Kahn Law Firm 16-May-2014

  Justin Kahn and Wes Allison Publish Article for South Carolina Association Justice on Reptile Motion

  The South Carolina Association for Justice has published another article written by Justin S. Kahn and Wes B. Allison entitled “Who’s Afraid of the Reptile Motion in Limine?” This article addresses a recent trend by some defendants ...

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• Posted By Kahn Law Firm 5-May-2014

  New Subpoena Forms

  The South Carolina Supreme Court has issued new subpoena forms approved for use in Circuit and Family Courts in South Carolina. The revisions relate to witness fee and mileage language in the proof of service section of the forms. These new forms ...

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• Posted By Kahn Law Firm 21-Jan-2014

  Insurer Defaults After Substantial Compliance with Alternative Method of Service

  The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that an insurer was properly held in default following its failure to answer a complaint after being served via US Mail Certified Restricted Delivery in substantial compliance with the policy terms creating ...

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• Posted By Kahn Law Firm 17-Jan-2014

  New Rules Proposed by SC Supreme Court

  website. The proposed language is below. The first paragraph of Rule 11(a), SCRCP, is amended to provide as follows: (a) Signature. Every pleading, motion or other paper of a party represented by an attorney shall be signed in his individual name by ...

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• Posted By Kahn Law Firm 3-Jan-2014

  Justin Kahn Speaks at Bridge The Gap 2014

  Justin Kahn was invited to speak at The South Carolina Bar program Bridge the Gap on January 3, 2014 in Charleston, SC. Justin spoke about practicing law before the Court of Common Pleas in civil matters and explained rules of civil procedure unique ...

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