HILTON HEAD, S.C. — The state Supreme Court’s disciplinary arm is investigating a connection between suspended Hampton attorney Alex Murdaugh and the former owner of Murdaugh’s sprawling hunting property, according to legal documents obtained by The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette.
The South Carolina Supreme Court’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel, as part of its probe into Murdaugh’s financial misconduct as a lawyer, named the estate of Barrett Thomas Boulware, the former owner, and others in a subpoena sent to the Allendale County Probate Court in late November.
The subpoena, obtained by the newspapers, sought records from the estate files of Boulware and his mother, Ann Owens Boulware. It also asked for all cases involving former Palmetto State Bank CEO Russell Laffitte, who was fired last week, and a specific case that involved Murdaugh and Laffitte.
