Life Remodel

When my wife and I got married we moved into one of her grandfather’s rental houses. It needed some work to say the least. He did some things for us like install new vinyl siding, but we did a lot of the major things like add a concrete driveway, paint, new kitchen cabinets [...]

Who Are You?

How are YOU defined? In the words of the great band, The Who, “Who are you?” Think about it. What is the first thing people ask you when you first meet them in a casual atmosphere?
“What do you do?”
What are people really asking? What you actually do forty hours per week? [...]

Happy Memorial Day!

I hope you have a great Memorial Day.  I will be spending the time away from the office hanging out with the fam.  Hopefully, the wife won’t work me too hard today on my day off.

I started law school after Stephanie and I had been married for two days. That’s right days. We took a one night honeymoon to Charleston and then moved into the law school rat race. If you’re not familiar with law schools, and specifically your first year of law school, it is a [...]

Help with Tax Problems

Just in case you were wondering, one of the areas of my law practice has to deal with helping people who have troubles with the IRS.  In case you’re wondering about your options, I have a IRS Tax Resolution blog over at www.atkinssc.com that has plenty of free articles about IRS tax resolution and your [...]

Time for a Celebration!

I’m overjoyed this morning!  God has really answered a prayer and removed a burden from our families life - and it happened this morning.  We found out that Stephanie just passed the final part of the CPA exam.  This is something that she has been working toward for a long time and we are so [...]

Crape Murder

In my Sunday School class this week we were studying Daniel 4, specifically, about King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream in which he was described as a great tree described as “enormous, large, and strong.” The tree provided shade and food for all those around it. Then a messenger came and called out that the tree should [...]

Shuffling Papers

As an attorney, sometimes I get funny looks from prospective clients when I tell them my fee.  The hard thing for some people to imagine is they are paying potentially thousands of dollars for a few pieces of paper.  Sometimes, there really isn’t anything tangible that they are getting from me.  People are paying for [...]

That’s Quotable: Jeff Bezos

Constraints drive innovation.
- Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon
I was reading the other day and this quote just jumped off the page at me. I have been working on some projects lately and I have caught myself complaining that I don’t have the right tools or the right equipment to do the job “right.” [...]

I got to thinking some this afternoon about thinking big.  I had a meeting with a client today that looks like we may be getting our foot in the door to an opportunity with another large client.  These guys are talking about doing some multi-million dollar deals.  I’m extremely happy to be a part of [...]

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