Disciplinary Counsel Lesley M. Coggiola and Deputy Disciplinary Counsel Barbara Marie Seymour, both of Columbia, for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. A. Camden Lewis and Ariail Elizabeth King, both of Lewis Babcock LLP, of Columbia, for Respondent.

This is an attorney disciplinary matter.

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Senior Assistant Attorney General Karen Christine Ratigan, and Assistant Attorney General James Clayton Mitchell, III, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

The Court granted certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in Ramirez v. State, 413 S.C. 351, 776 S.E.2d 101 (Ct. App. 2015).

Robert P. Wood, of Rogers Townsend & Thomas, of Columbia, for Petitioner/Respondent. Matthew E. Pecoy and Peter G. McGrath, of the McGrath Law Firm, of Mount Pleasant, for Respondents/Petitioners.

The Court considers this case, brought in the Court's original jurisdiction, dealing with the unauthorized practice of law.

Disciplinary Counsel Lesley M. Coggiola and Assistant Disciplinary Counsel Joseph P. Turner, both of Columbia, for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Frank Barnwell McMaster, of Columbia, pro se Respondent.

This is an attorney discipline matter related to the facts giving rise to the interim suspension in In re McMaster, 407 S.C. 213, 755 S.E.2d 107 (2014).

Jason Scott Luck, of Seibels Law Firm, PA, of Charleston and Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Petitioner/Respondent. Attorney General Alan Wilson and Special Assistant Attorney General Amie L. Clifford, both of Columbia and Solicitor Scarlett A. Wilson, of Charleston, for Respondent/Petitioner.

The Court granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in State v. Perez, Op. No. 2015-UP-217 (S.C. Ct. App. filed May 8, 2015).

Meliah Bowers Jefferson, of Wyche, P.A, of Greenville and Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka and Assistant Attorney General J. Anthony Mabry, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Jimmy Richardson, of Conway, for Respondent.

The Court reviews the court of appeals' decision in State v. Harry, 413 S.C. 534, 776 S.E.2d 387 (Ct. App. 2015).

Thomas C. Salane and R. Hawthorne Barrett, both of Turner Padget Graham & Laney, PA, of Columbia; and Stephen L. Brown, D. Jay Davis and Russell Grainger Hines, all of Young Clement Rivers, LLP, of Charleston, for Petitioners. Gary Lane Cartee, of North Charleston, for Respondents.

In this medical malpractice action, the Court reviews the court of appeals' decision to reverse the circuit court's granting of the petitioners' motion to dismiss.

Michael P. Scott, of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, of Charleston and Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Assistant Attorney General Mark R. Farthing, both of Columbia, and Solicitor Barry J. Barnette, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

The Court granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in State v. Thompson, 413 S.C. 590, 776 S.E.2d 413 (Ct. App. 2015).

Amy E. Armstrong, Amelia A. Thompson and Jessie A. White, all of South Carolina Environmental Law Project, of Pawleys Island, for Appellants. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Solicitor General Robert D. Cook, Deputy Solicitor General J. Emory Smith, Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General T. Parkin C. Hunter, Assistant General Counsel Michael S. Traynham, all of Columbia and Lisa A. Reynolds, of Anderson, Reynolds & Stephens, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent. M. McMullen Taylor, of Mullen Taylor, LLC, of Columbia and John D. Echeverria, of Vermont School of Law, South Royalton, Vermont, for Amicus Curiae, Congaree Riverkeeper, Inc.

The Court heard this case in December 2016 and issued an opinion in July 2017. See Jowers v. S.C. Dep't of Health and Envtl. Control, Op. No. 27725 (S.C. Sup. Ct. filed July 19, 2017). The Court then granted rehearing on the public trust issue.