Ken H. Lester is the senior partner in the law firm of Lester and Hendrix with offices in Columbia, Myrtle Beach, and Beaufort/Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. He received his B.S. and J.D. degree from the University of South Carolina.

Mr. Lester served as the Chairman of the Family Law Section of the South Carolina Bar and served as the Section Delegate to the South Carolina Bar House of Delegates. He served as Chairman of the Family Law Committee of the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association and is currently a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and South Carolina Trial Association where he has served on the Board. He is also former chairman of the Richland and Lexington County Bar Family Law Committees. He also taught the Family Law portion of the South Carolina Bar Review course which is taught twice each year to lawyers preparing for the South Carolina Bar exam. Mr. Lester is the former Chairman of the South Carolina Child Support Guidelines Sub-committee and has served on all of the update committees.

Mr. Lester has written and continues to write on various issues dealing with South Carolina Family Law in addition to speaking and coordinating numerous Continuing Legal Education and Judicial Continuing Legal Education Seminars locally and nationally. Mr. Lester served as the chairman of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Children Committee and served as a member of the five member Same-Sex Marriage Committee of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He is also a member of the American Bar Association Same-Sex Marriage Committee and Products Development Committee. He is the Author of the Chapter on Protection of Marriage by Statute and Constitutions on the American Bar Association's White Paper on Same-Sex issues.

Catherine Hendrix is a partner in the law firm of the Lester and Hendrix. She was a paralegal for ten years in the area of family law before attending law school at the University of South Carolina. She was a student of Mr. Lester at the ABA Family Law Trial Institute in Houston prior to joining Mr. Lester's law firm.

Statement of Practice

Divorce, Family Law, Child Custody, Child Support, Visitation.

Address

One Professional Drive
Beaufort, SC 29935, (Beaufort Co.)

Phone

Phone: 843-524-2700
Fax: 843-521-3003

Website

http://www.lesterandhendrix.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Ken H. Lester (Senior Partner) born Wilson, North Carolina; admitted to bar, 1966, South Carolina; U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina (B.S., 1963; J.D., 1966). Instructor, ABA Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute, Houston, Texas. Chairman, Update Committees, South Carolina Child Support Guidelines Subcommittee. Former Instructor, Family Law, South Carolina Bar Review Course, South Carolina Bar Exam. Diplomat, American College of Family Trial Lawyers. President, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, South Carolina Chapter. Member: Richland County (Past Chairman, Family Court Committee), Lexington County (Past Chairman, Family Court Committee), Beaufort County and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar (Past Chairman, Sections on: Family Law and serves as Section Delegate); South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association (Past Chairman, Family Law Section); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Fellow: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. (Also at Columbia and Myrtle Beach Offices). Practice Areas: Divorce(80%); Child Custody(20%); Family Law.

Catherine S. Hendrix (Partner) born Cincinnati, Ohio; admitted to bar, 2000, South Carolina. Education: College of Charleston (B.A., Political Science, 1980); University of South Carolina (J.D., 2000). Member: Richland County, Fairfield County, Horry County, Lexington County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association; Fairfield County Public Defender (Board Member). (Also at Columbia and Myrtle Offices). Practice Areas: Divorce(70%); Child Custody(20%); Visitation(10%); Family Law.Email: Catherine S. Hendrix