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Greenville Adoption and children's issues only Lawyer
About Raymond W Godwin
Practice Areas
- Adoption and children's issues only
Litigation
- 10%
Representative Clients
- Adoptive Couples
- Adoptive Agents
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- South Carolina, 1982
Other Affiliations
- SC Bar Association, 1982 - Present
Classes and Seminars
- Seminars on Adoption Law, National Business Institute
- Guest Speaker and Participant, SPAFA
- Children's Records, Greenville County GAL Offices
- Speaker for SC Bar Association on Adoption
Pro Bono Activities
- Indigent representation for DSS, 1994 - 2008
Past Positions
- Alfieri, Godwin, Meinders, Managing Partner, 1986 - 1989
- GAL Office, Volunteer Attorney, 1994 - 1998
- SC DSS, Contract Atty, 1997 - 2000
Education
- University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 1981
J.D. - Bob Jones University, Greenville, SC, U.S.A., 1979
B.A.
Honors: cum laude
Articles
Published Works
- The Complete Adoption Book, Adams Media, Third, 2005
- The Problems and Realities of Adoption in America, Understanding Contemporary Social Problems, First, 2002
Office Information
Address
1212 Haywood RoadSuite 400A Greenville, SC 29615
Phone
Fax
- 864-255-4342
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