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Six from Morton & Gettys included in 2025 edition of Best Lawyers
ROCK HILL, SC – The latest edition of Best Lawyers in America includes another strong showing for Morton & Gettys. Six of the firm’s attorneys have earned honors in the 2025 edition of the national directory and its companion piece, Best Lawyers: One to Watch. Most of the recognized attorneys were listed in multiple practice […]
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Six from Morton & Gettys included in 2024 edition of Best Lawyers
ROCK HILL, SC – Morton & Gettys has another impressive showing in Best Lawyers in America, with six attorneys earning honors across a diverse range of practice areas in the 2024 edition of the national guide and its companion piece, Best Lawyers: One to Watch. This continues Morton & Gettys’ long history of success in […]
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Law school names Dan Ballou to help govern new SC Law Initiative
The University of South Carolina School of Law has appointed Morton & Gettys Partner Dan Ballou to the South Carolina Law Initiative, a new entity that will advise the S.C. Legislature as to the likely effect of proposed legislation on state law. Prof. Robert M. Wilcox, the director of the new Initiative, has asked Dan […]
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A trustee must do exactly what the trust says to do
Morton & Gettys is discussing the facts of this case with the permission of the client. By Dan Ballou Partner, Morton & Gettys If you are a trustee, you must do what the trust says you must do. That’s a simple and straightforward principle courts in South Carolina have now strongly affirmed in the case […]
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Dan Ballou becomes chairman of Rock Hill Entrepreneurship Committee
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Dan Ballou, a partner with Morton & Gettys law firm, is the new chairman of the Entrepreneurship Committee of the Rock Hill Economic Development Corporation (RHEDC) board. The RHEDC is a non-profit organization committed to representing the business, educational, and community interests of the city. Its principal objective is to benefit […]
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Dan Ballou becomes a partner
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Attorney Daniel J. Ballou has been promoted to partner at Morton & Gettys, as of Jan. 1. Also named partner was Melissa Cassell. “To have such a good lawyer, and friend, join our firm a few years ago to establish and build a civil litigation practice has made a world of […]
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A sobering decision: South Carolina Supreme Court ruling changes liquor license limits
By Dan Ballou South Carolina historically has limited the number of liquor licenses a retailer could own to three. A recent court ruling, though, will dramatically change the regulatory landscape in which liquor retailers operate, if the ruling stands. The three-store rule had been justified by the broadly defined “police” power of the General Assembly […]
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Lancaster County considering wholesale changes to development ordinance
By Dan Ballou Property owners in Lancaster County should be aware that the County is in the final stages of a wholesale rewrite of the Uniform Development Ordinance, or UDO, that establishes zoning and development regulations for all real property in the unincorporated areas of Lancaster County. In June 2015, the County approved a moratorium […]
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Beating the competition: The art of crafting non-compete agreements
By Dan Ballou ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA – In today’s business world, the value of a company is often defined as much by information and relationships as by the actual products or services provided. At the same time, employees are more transient than ever before, and employers need to know that when (not if) change […]
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Morton & Gettys welcomes Dan Ballou as Senior Counsel
ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA – Daniel J. Ballou, a veteran attorney who has more than 20 years’ experience trying cases in South Carolina courts, has joined Morton & Gettys as senior counsel. Ballou began practicing in Rock Hill in 1993. At Morton & Gettys, he’ll focus on trial and appellate work, including commercial and construction […]