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	10/03/2011 -- W. Alex Weatherly, Jr., has left the Firm to start his own practice. The Firm wishes Alex much success in this position. Alex’s new address is W. Alex Weatherly, Jr., Esq., Alexander Weatherly, PC, Post Office Box 21584, Columbia, SC 29221.
	08/08/2011 -- Clifford O. Koon, Jr. has been appointed as Town Prosecutor for the Town of Lexington. He has left the Firm to take this full-time position. Cliff has served as Town attorney for a number of years and this full-time appointment is likely to be his last position before retirement. The Firm will miss Cliff’s counsel and wishes him much success in this position.
	06/18/2011 -– Paul D. de Holczer authored the South Carolina chapter for "The Law and Procedure of Eminent Domain in the 50 States" (a/k/a the Compendium) published online by the American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Committee on Condemnation, Zoning & Land Use Litigation. After many years work, the Compendium is now complete for all 50 states and the District of Columbia and the American Bar Association First Chair Press has agreed to publish it this Fall as a desk book, under the title: Compendium of 50 State Eminent Domain Laws.
	06/02/2011 –- Paul D. de Holczer taught a one-hour continuing legal education course for the South Carolina Bar. This course was prepared as a distance learning seminar which can be watched online for credit. An Overview of Eminent Domain Law in South Carolina is a primer on eminent domain in South Carolina. It gives the general practitioner an idea of what issues arise and how to get started.
	Congratulations to Joe W. Underwood, who was selected by his peers for inclusion in the first annual Legal Elite of the Midlands, featured in the October 2010 issue of Greater Columbia Business Monthly magazine. Joe was selected by other practicing attorneys as one of the top 10 Family Law attorneys in the Greater Columbia area.
	11/10/2010 -- On November 10, 2010, Paul D. de Holczer was elected to a four year term as a member of the Advisory Council of Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness. The Advisory Council is charged with protecting the rights of individuals with mental illness in South Carolina.
	10/25/2010 -– On December 17, 2010, Paul D. de Holczer, Esquire, will be a featured speaker on Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law at HalfMoon LLC's South Carolina Land Law Seminar at the Clarion Townhouse Hotel in downtown Columbia, South Carolina. For more information, please download the brochure.
	10/4/2010 -- Wm. Bert Brannon was selected for inclusion in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the field Trusts and Estates. Selection in Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey comprised of evaluations by the top attorneys in the country. Mr. Brannon’s inclusion marks the fourth consecutive year for him to be bestowed this distinction.
	06/16/2010 -- U.S. News & World Report has ranked Moses Koon & Brackett, PC as a Metropolitan First-Tier Ranked Law Firm in Trusts & Estates Law for Columbia, South Carolina for 2010. The methodology for the U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" involved surveying thousands of law firm clients; leading lawyers and law firm managers; partners and associates; and marketing officers and recruiting officers.
	04/19/2010 -- Joe W. Underwood successfully changed 31 years of South Carolina law with the Supreme Court’s decision in Webb v. Sowell, 387 S.C. 328, 692 S.E.2d 543 (2010). Prior to this decision, the adult children of parents who divorced could maintain a suit against their parents for college education expenses, while the adult children of parents who did not divorce had no such right since neither parent was under a “continuing” support order, a prerequisite under the prior law. The Supreme Court found that the award of college education funds to adult children under such circumstances was a violation of equal protection and therefore unconstitutional as the law was being interpreted under the case of Risinger vs. Risinger, 273 SC 36, 253 S.E.2d 652 (1979). The Webb opinion may be found here.