South Carolina Legal Research Services for Attorneys
The National Legal Research Group was founded in 1969 to provide quality research and writing services to law firms of all shapes and sizes. More than 50 years, 50,000 clients and 185,000 research projects later, we still have the same goal.
We have served over 1600 attorneys in South Carolina. We list some of these attorneys below, along with what they have said about our services.
NLRG offers a broad range of work products, both objective and advocacy. Our objective products can help you evaluate a case or give you sources to cite in a work product of your own. Our most common advocacy product is a motion brief or trial brief. Earlier in the case, we can draft complaints, answers, and motions, including discovery motions. We also draft signature-ready appellate briefs to both the South Carolina Supreme Court and the South Carolina Court of Appeals. Here is a broader discussion of the types of products we prepare.
Many of our clients are solo practitioners and small firms. We take great pride in allowing these clients access to the same legal research firepower enjoyed by larger firms, at an affordable price. We cannot work for non-attorneys.
We have over 25 research attorneys, some work at our headquarters building just west of Charlottesville, Virginia; others work remotely We list below our attorneys who most regularly work on South Carolina cases. You can also view full biographies of our entire attorney staff. We specialize by area of law, and many of our attorneys have years of experience working in their areas. All of our research projects are done by human attorneys; we use AI only as one among many research tools.
Our normal turnaround time is 2-3 weeks, but we can sometimes do quick email or telephone reports in as little as 1-2 days, though at a higher billing rate. Here is a full list of our billing rates.
South Carolina Research Attorney Spotlight
Brett R. Turner, Co-President
B.A., The Johns Hopkins University, 1981. J.D., University of North Carolina, 1984. Member, North Carolina Bar. Brett is the author of the leading nationwide treatise on equitable distribution, Equitable Distribution of Property (4th ed. 2025), and is a nationally known expert in the law of equitable distribution. He came to NLRG in 1985, joined NLRG's Management Committee in 2015, and is now NLRG's Co-President. Read Full Bio
Lee Dunham, Senior Attorney
B.A., Washington & Lee University. J.D, University of Virginia School of Law. Member, Virginia Bar. Lee served as a clerk in Virginia Beach, then spent a number of years in private practice at firms in Charlottesville, Virginia and Denver, Colorado, before joining NLRG. Read Full BIo
Charlene Hicks, Senior Attorney
B.A., Brigham Young University, 1989. J.D., Marshall Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary, 1994, where she was a member of the Law Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. Member, Virginia Bar. Charlene joined NLRG in 1994. She focuses on commercial law matters. Read full bio
Testimonials
“The document exceeded my expectations and suggested arguments that I probably would not have thought of, or at least had not thought of previously. The work product is outstanding.”
—William R. “Randy” Phipps, Hilton Head Island, SC
“Your research helped increase the settlement by more than $1,000,000.”
—Emily G. Johnson, Mt. Pleasant, SC
"Very much satisfied with the product and professionalism displayed."
—William L. Pyatt, Columbia, SC
"We were very satisfied with your services and wish we could use you on all of our cases."
—Jay M. Bultz, Myrtle Beach, SC
"Over the years I have been well pleased with your services. The quality of your work is excellent and of great help to me."
—E. LeRoy Nettles Sr., Lake City, SC
