Any time the future of your business is at stake, you need legal advice you can trust. Our business and corporate attorneys provide vital counsel on a wide range of issues, regardless of the size of your enterprise or industry sector.

At Morton & Gettys, we often focus our efforts on achieving a settlement or negotiation outside of court. When that is not possible we plan and implement strategies designed to represent our clients before a judge or jury.

Morton & Gettys offers mediation services for civil law cases, including matters that involve leases, small business ownership, and employment.

We regularly assist landlords and tenants in commercial leasing transactions, including in ground leases, build-to-suit leases, office, industrial, restaurant, shopping center, retail center, and medical office space leases.

In one of the most dynamic regions of South Carolina, Morton & Gettys attorneys are knowledgeable and experienced resources for commercial and residential real estate development, investment, and management professionals.

Morton & Gettys attorneys are experienced in all aspects of condemnation and eminent domain processes and can defend clients’ property ownership in South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, and Georgia

Our attorneys have decades of experience representing national, regional and local lenders and other creditors in a diligent, thorough manner.

Morton & Gettys lawyers represent clients, individuals and organizations, accused of criminal misconduct. Our work encompasses research, preparation, and arguing of a case to defend each client.

Even misdemeanor domestic violence cases can have serious consequences. Those accused of such crimes need the help of an experienced attorney who can help protect their rights as they navigate the legal system.

From first-offense misdemeanor charges involving small amounts of marijuana to major trafficking cases, the criminal law attorneys at Morton & Gettys have handled a range of drug offenses for clients.

When a child's future is at stake after an encounter with the legal system, it's important to have an experienced defense attorney to make sure his or her rights are protected throughout the process.

People who are charged with any type of property crime need experienced defense lawyers who understand the law of property crimes. At Morton & Gettys, we’ve represented clients on a variety of such charges.

Any parent who learns their child has been arrested for drinking or possessing alcohol understandably has reason to be concerned. There are ways to soften the consequences, though, and our attorneys have helped many clients find solutions.

From a simple speeding ticket to a reckless driving charge to a complicated drunk driving case, the attorneys at Morton & Gettys can help you resolve the issue in a way that minimizes consequences.

If you’re arrested on a drunken driving charge, the consequences can reach far beyond the court case. For commercial drivers, a conviction can mean loss of a job. For everyone else, it can mean skyrocketing auto insurance rates. For those reasons and more, if you’re charged with DUI or DUAC in South Carolina it’s best to turn to an experienced attorney such as the veteran lawyers at Morton & Gettys.

Driving with an unlawful alcohol concentration (DUAC) is a similar charge to driving under the influence in South Carolina. This charge is just as serious as DUI and involves essentially the same penalties and consequences.

While it’s tempting to just pay a traffic ticket and be done with the matter, there are times when drivers will want to contest citations. At Morton & Gettys, our experienced attorneys often can identify favorable evidence or legal defenses to have your charge reduced or dismissed.

Morton & Gettys attorneys help school districts, administrators, and boards of trustees navigate many of the issues and challenges unique to public and private education.

Morton & Gettys’ employment practice offers an array of services to address employer and employee relationships, ranging from day-to-day advice to perpetual management of complex employment issues.

Morton & Gettys attorneys have the experience necessary to provide effective counsel for the preservation of assets while understanding the sensitivities of the process.

Whether your company is the smallest of mom and pop operations or a mid-size business upon whom people rely for their livelihoods, the lawyers at Morton & Gettys can help you create a business succession plan for its future.

Morton & Gettys estate planning lawyers also offer fiduciary services, from acting as a trustee to serving as a personal representative.

Our estate planning attorneys can help you draw up documents that leave guardianship or conservatorship decisions with you rather than placing them in the hands of a court once you are unable to make it.

The attorneys at Morton & Gettys in Rock Hill can draft a Power of Attorney document that makes sure your needs are served while your rights are protected.

Our experienced estate planning lawyers can help ease your mind with special needs planning and tools that take care of a disabled child's financial future.

From living trusts to charitable trusts, our lawyers can create a wide variety of instruments tailored to suit clients’ needs.

Call on our experienced attorneys to help make sure your Will is properly drafted and covers all the points that are important to you.

When families face changes that are emotionally difficult, Morton & Gettys attorneys provide skilled legal advice and representation with a high level of compassion, personal attention and support.

Whether you are seeking a divorce based on one of the grounds allowed in South Carolina or seeking a so-called "no-fault divorce," the experienced divorce lawyers at Morton & Gettys can help guide you through this difficult time.

At Morton & Gettys, our family law attorneys understand that even more so than finances, child custody issues are often the most painful and difficult topics in a divorce. We work closely with clients to help them reach solutions.

Whether they are seeking support or paying support, parents need the advice of experienced child support lawyers such as those at Morton & Gettys.

It is a mistake to try to handle this division of marital property on your own, particularly if your spouse has hired an attorney. The experienced divorce lawyers at Morton & Gettys can help you work toward what truly is an “equitable distribution.”

Couples who intend to divorce, as well as others who choose to live apart but wish to remain married, are advised to seek an official decree of separate maintenance and support that outlines both parties’ rights and responsibilities.

From private adoptions to adoptions through Social Services, the attorneys at Morton & Gettys can help Rock Hill clients create the family for which they are longing.

Mediation is a sensible approach for resolving traumatic changes within the family, such as a separation, divorce, child custody and support matters.

Morton & Gettys attorneys counsel banks, credit unions, and private equity investors in making commercial loans (real estate secured and otherwise). We handle foreclosures, collection actions, loan workouts, and loan modifications.

Morton & Gettys provides a concentrated health care practice within the firm dedicated to health care professionals and providers, addressing administrative, regulatory, compliance and employment matters.

Morton & Gettys attorneys can offer counsel, help navigate the challenges, and provide better understanding of the laws affecting homeowners associations.

Morton & Gettys provides counsel and representation regarding various commercial, residential and mixed-use projects. We work with individuals, developers, builders, government entities, and businesses of all sizes from inception through completion.

Metrolina Business Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Morton & Gettys, is a professional registered agent company. It serves as a registered agent for companies doing business in South Carolina.

Morton & Gettys represents clients in residential purchase contracts and home purchase closings, mortgage refinances, and home equity lines of credit. Additionally, we represent builders, both small and large.

Morton & Gettys works with motor vehicle and trucking accidents, wrongful death, Workers’ Compensation, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse and neglect, product liability and other cases involving catastrophic injury or death.

From simple probate administration to extensive litigation in cases where serious disagreements arise, the probate attorneys at Morton & Gettys in Rock Hill stand ready to assist clients during difficult times.

With decades of experience in helping families take care of the legal details after the death of their loved ones, our attorneys have the probate administration knowledge and experience to make sure estates are resolved as efficiently as possible.

Our veteran probate lawyers have the experience to present cases in probate court if necessary as well as the skills to help parties reach mutually agreeable resolutions.

If you are involved in an estate where various sides are having difficulty reaching an agreement, talk us to learn how probate mediation could help.

Morton & Gettys' subsidiary, Moffatt Title Insurance, provides comprehensive service and representation in certifying real estate titles to clients, advising clients regarding title and insurability issues, and in negotiating coverage.