Real estate closings
Handled by Marguerite Ellison, partner
Residential and canal-front closings across Horry and Georgetown counties. Flat fee from $650, quoted in writing before we open the file; most closings are scheduled inside ten days.
Myrtle Beach · North Myrtle Beach
Local counsel for
the Grand Strand
Real estate closings, wills and estates, probate and small-business work — handled by attorneys who live and practice on this coast.
Life on the water
Boats, beaches
and the people who live here
From a pontoon on the Intracoastal to a closing on a canal-front lot, we know the questions this coastline produces — and the deadlines that come with them.
Two offices
Same firm,
two front doors
One practice with two offices on the Strand and the same walk-in hours at each. No intake fee to sit down with an attorney.
Find us
Two offices on the Grand Strand
The same walk-in hours at both offices. Walk in and speak to a paralegal, or call and we will set a time with an attorney.
Grand Strand Law Group
Open now · closes 5 pm
Myrtle Beach office — 1201 Oak Street, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
North Myrtle Beach office — 410 Main Street, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582(555) 010-0555[email protected]Get directions
North Myrtle Beach office — 410 Main Street, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582(555) 010-0555[email protected]Get directions
- Mon – Fri
- 9 am – 5 pm
- Saturday
- 10 am – 1 pm
- Sunday
- Closed
- Thu, Nov 26 Thanksgiving · Closed
- Fri, Dec 25 Christmas Day · Closed
Practice areas
What we handle, and who handles it
Four areas, a named attorney for each, and a starting figure so you can decide before you call. Nothing here is billed by the hour without a written estimate first.
Wills and estate planning
Handled by Daniel Okafor, of counsel
A simple will from $450. A full plan — will, financial and health care powers of attorney, and a trust where one actually helps — from $1,800.
Probate and estate administration
Handled by Hannah Brooks, associate
Hourly at $250, or a capped fee quoted after the first inventory of the estate. We file in the Horry and Georgetown probate courts most weeks.
Business and contract law
Handled by Marguerite Ellison, partner
Formation packages from $900, including the operating agreement. Contract review from $300 a document, with a plain summary of what you are signing.
Why local matters
We practice in the courts you will actually be in
A will drafted by a firm four states away, a closing run out of a call center, a probate filed in the wrong county — we see the mess those leave behind. Our attorneys file in Horry and Georgetown, know the clerks and the judges, and answer the phone from here.
If your matter belongs somewhere else, we will tell you that too, and point you to someone closer to it.
How we work
What happens after you call
No intake fee, no hourly clock running while you talk to a receptionist. Four steps, and you know the cost before the second one.
A 15-minute call
We listen first. If it is not a legal question at all, we say so and you have lost nothing.
A written scope and fee
What is included, what is not, and the number. Flat fee for closings and simple wills; a written estimate for hourly work.
The work, copied to you
You are copied on every filing and every letter to the other side. Nobody has to chase us for an update.
A closing letter
A plain-English summary, the recorded documents, and your file in one place to keep.
The Strand
The coast we work in
Two offices, and clients from Little River down to Georgetown. These are the places the files come from.
Plain-English notes
Things we get asked every week
Short notes on the questions that come up over and over at both offices. No legal advice for your own matter — that is what the phone call is for.
Insights
What a closing actually costs (and what it does not)
A line-by-line account of the money that changes hands at a Grand Strand closing, and the fees people are surprised by.
Read the note What a closing actually costs (and what it does not)
Insights
Three documents every family should keep on file
A will is not enough on its own. Three short documents that save a family months of probate court.
Read the note Three documents every family should keep on file
Insights
Buying a boat slip or canal-front lot: what to check first
Four things to do in the first two days if you are hurt on the water.
Read the note Buying a boat slip or canal-front lot: what to check firstStart here
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