Harvey L. Golden

Background

Golden, Harvey L. was born on October 15, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.

Education

AB, University of Southern California, 1953; Juris Doctor, University of Southern California, 1954.

Career

Worked at Golden, Taylor & Potterfield (Columbia, SC) specializing in Divorce, Custody, Family Law, Torts and Appeals. Admitted to the bar, 1954, South Carolina. Member, Order of Wig and Robe.

Editor-in-Chief, South Carolina Law Quarterly, 1954. Recipient, Certificate of Outstanding Contribution to American Bar Association Family Law Section, 1976. Listed in, Best Lawyers in America, 1983- 1993.

Co-Author: "Divorce," 13 S.C. Juris. 63 (1992); "Adultery and Fornication," 3 S.C. Juris. 1 (1991). Editor: Duncan and McKay, "Business Valuations," 1991 and Stuckey and Smith, "Marital Litigation in South Carolina," 1993.

South Carolina Reporter for American Bar Association "Law in the Fifty States," program, 1990—. Guest Lecturer: Pleading, Negotiations and Divorce, University of South Carolina Law Center, 1973-1982. Divorce Problems, College of General Studies, University of South Carolina, 1978: Lutheran Southern Theological Seminary, 1977.

Atlanta Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, 1982. Wisconsin Bar Association, 1983. West Virginia Bar Association, 1984.

Florida Bar Association, 1986. Texas Bar Foundation, 1987. Maryland Bar Association, 1987.

Connecticut Bar Association, 1987. Illinois State Bar Association, 1988. Colorado Bar Association, 1988.

New Jersey Bar Association, 1988. North Carolina Bar Association, 1990. Virginia Bar Association, 1994.

Coordinator and Moderator, First Divorce Law Seminar, University of South Carolina Law Center, 1975. Family Law Faculty Lecturer and Participant, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers "Great Custody Debate of 1980," American Bar Association National Institutes and Conventions. Special Judge, Richland County: Juvenile-Domestic Relations Court, 1962.

Family Court, 1963, 1967 and 1972. Civil Court, Jury Trials, 1975 and 1976. Criminal Court, Jury Trials, 1976.

Member, South Carolina Supreme Court, Family Law Specialization Advisory Board, 1982. National Chairman, Family Law Section, American Bar Association, 1987-1988. Selected by National Law Journal as one of Top 43 Divorce Lawyers in America, 1987.

Member: South Carolina Bar (Chairman, Family Law Section, 1982). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association (Chairman, Family Law Section, 1981-1983).

American College of Family Trial Lawyers. Fellow: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Treasurer) House of Delegates, American Bar Association, 1990—.

Military: With United States. Air Force, Korea, 1950-1952. Law Practice self limited to three lawyers.

Eight staff members practicing family law in all forty six counties in South Carolina. Mr. Golden consults world-wide.

Achievements

• Bar: South Carolina. 1954.

Membership

Member South Carolina. Supreme Court Family Law Specialization Advisory Board, 1982. Fellow American Academy of Matimonial Lawyers, International Academy of Martrimonial Lawyers.

Member American Bar Association (certified Outstanding Contribution to American Bar Association Family Law Section 1976, section on individual rights and responsibilities economics law practice, state membership chairman 1976, 87, regional vice-chairman mid-south 1976, 77, chairman paternity and illegitimacy committee 1978-1981, national coun.1981-1983, chairman Ad Hoc commission on model adoption act 1982-1983, national Chairman.family law section 1987-1988, national institute and conventions), Richland County Bar Association (chairman section of personal injury 1974-1974, vice-chairman com.on administration justice 1974-1976), South Carolina. Bar (chairman family law sect 1982), Association of Trial Lawyers of America, South Carolina. Trial Lawyers Association (chairman famil law section 1981-1983).