Legal Services & Lawyers

The Lovely Law Firm primarily practices in the areas of DUI Defense and Personal Injury Litigation with auto accidents. The firm also handles all criminal cases in the Myrtle Beach and Conway area.

Justin Lovely received his B.S. from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, cum laude in 2004. While at Tennessee, Mr. Lovely majored in Finance. In his free time Mr. Lovely developed his boxing skills as an amateur Golden Gloves Boxer in the Knoxville area. He was Vice President of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity and participated in several community service projects building play units for severely handicapped children in the Knoxville, Tn Area.

After earning his finance degree from Tennessee's nationally ranked business school, Mr. Lovely was provided the opportunity of attending the Appalachian School of Law where he completed his Juris Doctor. While in law school, he was named to the dean's list and was a member of the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. In addition, he was an active member of the Criminal Law Society, Environmental Law Society, Moot Court Team, and the Energy and Mineral Law Foundation. Above and beyond the rigorous curriculum at the Appalachian School of Law, Mr. Lovely focused his practicum courseload on Family Law and Small Business Entities.

Mr. Lovely's experience includes a judicial clerkship for the Honorable Judge Tony Stansberry of Knoxville, Tn. He assisted the General Sessions Judges in all aspects of criminal law as well as civil litigation. After this experience he accepted a position with the Knox County Public Defender providing criminal defense to indigent defendants.

After law school, Mr. Lovely successfully passed the South Carolina bar exam and moved to the Myrtle Beach area. He is admitted to practice in all South Carolina Courts and the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Mr. Lovely is a Certified Guardian ad Litem in South Carolina for Family Law Cases. Mr. Lovely is also a member of the South Carolina Association for Justice, the State's Trial Lawyer's Association.

Dirk J. Derrick of The Derrick Law Firm has been representing people in the Myrtle Beach / Conway area of South Carolina for over 20 years. He represents the family of those killed and individuals seriously injured and / or disabled due to car accidents, truck collisions, motorcycle crashes, and jet-ski and boating accidents. He also represents individuals disabled, either by an on the job injury in workers compensation arena or by other causes in an effort to obtain social security disability benefits. Finally he handles cases where insurance companies have unreasonably delayed or denied an insurance claim. He has an informative web page at www.TheLegalTruth.com to inform the public before accidents occur and before attorneys are retained. Free books about South Carolina Injury claims, Workers Compensation claims, Social Security Disability Claims, and what types of auto insurance you need to protect your family can be downloaded from www.TheLegalTruth.com.