Meredith Bannon

Meredith Bannon entered private practice in 2013 after spending 7 years working as a prosecutor in Arizona and at the 14th Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s office in Bluffton, SC. She obtained a Bachelor of Science cum laude in Business Management and Sociology from Tulane University. After graduation, she attended the University of Miami School of Law where she met her husband, Jim, who is also her law partner. Meredith is admitted to practice in Washington DC, Georgia, South Carolina, and U.S. District Court-South Carolina.
She is an active member of the Hilton Head Bar Association, The Beaufort Bar Association, and the MS Society. Meredith serves as a new lawyer mentor with the South Carolina Bar Association and has presented continuing legal education seminars to the Hilton Head Bar Association. Meredith was a 7 year Board Member for Hopeful Horizons of the Lowcountry, LLC.

• Lawyers in Film —the Good, the Bad and the Unethical

  
  

  Countless films across the years are based on controversies in legal ethics. We’ll watch parts of several movies, including 12 Angry Men, My Cousin Vinny, and many more. Then, we’ll dive into the analysis and enjoy discussing it as a group. For example, did the characters actually violate the law? Were their acts defensible, even excusable? How might they have better protected themselves? And come with your own favorite ethical quandaries from film.

• Preventing Fraud on Your Firm

  
  

  Law firms are an increasingly common target for cyber-crimes and wire fraud. We’ll discuss many of the common schemes, steps you can take to prevent them, and what to do should you fall victim. This presentation will be practical and also full of information to get you updated on the dangers of today’s law firm practice.

• Truths About Business Development for Law Firms

  
  

  Every law firm is a business. Our speakers have continuously succeeded in business development for their legal practices for over 18 years and will share their key steps, successes, and failures. Unlike some business development presentations, this one will focus on what really works, and emphasize what doesn’t.

• Legal Outsourcing to Foreign Support – Benefits and Pitfalls

  
  

  Outsourcing work is an effective and economical solution. But it can also be rife with legal ethics concerns, management issues, and communication inefficiencies. Our presenters will hit on each of these, discussing how firms of any size can fully address these to take advantage of the significant value-add that outsourcing offers.

• Mental Health for Lawyers

  
  

  Most lawyers face burnout on a regular basis. Our presenters will speak from personal experience on “falling apart without falling apart.” How do you keep sane, prevent burnout, and maintain balance in your daily life? This will be a practical presentation that also considers the ethical considerations of working with clients when you’re “beyond your bandwidth.”

• Working Relationships – Keeping Sanity in the Office

  
  

  Even two-person offices have interpersonal conflict. In this presentation we’ll discuss how to protect relationships at the law firm office even while working in a high-stakes environment on highly personal issues. This is one of those topics that everyone knows is important, but doesn’t spend the time to get right. And the consequences are huge.