Jonathan Lounsberry

KD Trial Lawyers

Profile

Fellow in the AAML and the IAFL, with state-wide family law practice in South Carolina focusing on complex litigation and international family law issues.

Education

Charleston School of Law, 2009, J.D.

Admitted to Practice

South Carolina, 2009

AAML Position(s) Held

National
  • Amicus Committee (2023-Present)
  • AAML Scholars Committee (2023-Present)
  • CLE Committee (2023-Present)
  • AAML/AFCC Joint Committee (2021-2023)
  • International Issues Committee (2021-Present)
  • National Family Law Program (2022-2023)
  • Institute for Family Law Associates (2022-2023)
  • Practice and Technology Committee (2021-2022)

Legal Organizations

  • Newsletter Editor/Subcommittee Chair, Family Law Litigation Committee, Section of Litigation, American Bar Association (2016-2021)
  • Contributing Editor, Litigation News, Section of Litigation, American Bar Association (2020-2021)
  • Vice Chair – Membership, International Family Law Committee, Section of International Law, American Bar Association (2018–Present)
  • Planning Committee, “International Families: Money, Children, and Long-Term Planning” Seminar, Section of International Law & Section of Family Law, American Bar Association (2013-2014)
  • Delegate, Seventh Judicial Circuit, House of Delegates, South Carolina Bar (2017-Present)
  • Chair, Practice & Procedure Committee, South Carolina Bar (2016-2020)
  • Co-Chair, Technology Committee, Young Lawyer’s Division, South Carolina Bar (2017-2018)

CLE Presentations

  • Presenter “Intersection of Family Law and Elder Law,” Elder Law Committee, SC Bar Conference (2024)
  • Presenter, “Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act,” Hot Tips from the Coolest Domestic Law Practitioners, SC Bar (2023)
  • Moderator/Course Planner, “CLE Essentials: Family Law,” SC Bar (2023)
  • Moderator, “Advance Topics and The Hague Convention Abduction Convention,” International Law Committee, New York State Bar Association (2023)
  • Presenter, “1980 Hague Convention Litigation in Light of Monasky and Golan,” Hot Tips from the Coolest Domestic Law Practitioners, South Carolina Bar (2022)
  • Course Planner/Moderator, “CLE Essentials: Family Law,” South Carolina Bar (2022)
  • Course Planner/Moderator, “All About Alimony: An Intensive Workshop,” South Carolina Bar (2022)
  • Presenter, “Evidence,” Sophisticated Family Law Topics, Massachusetts Chapter–AAML (2022)
  • Co-Panelist, “Technologies That Are Built to Last, AAML Webinar (2021)
  • Moderator/Course Planner, “CLE Essentials: Family Law,” South Carolina Bar (2021)
  • Co-Panelist, “The 13(b) Exception and International Child Recovery,” The Latin American Family Law Webinar, IAFL/AIJUDEFA (2021)
  • Co-Presenter, “How to Litigate a 1980 Hague Convention Case from Start to Finish,” South Carolina Bar Convention (2021)
  • Co-Presenter, “Dissecting Monasky v. Taglieri: the U.S. Supreme Court’s new standard for Habitual Residence under the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention,” The Washington Foreign Law Society (2020)
  • Moderator/Course Planner, “CLE Essentials: Family Law,” South Carolina Bar (2020)
  • Co-Presenter, “Dividing High Value Items in Divorce,” Strafford Webinars (2020)
  • Panelist, “Trial Technology: Tricks of the Trade,” Fall CLE Conference, Section of Family Law, American Bar Association (2019)
  • Presenter, “Rules: What’s Going On?” Hot Tips from the Coolest Domestic Law Practitioners, South Carolina Bar (2019)
  • Moderator/Course Planner, “CLE Essentials: Family Law,” South Carolina Bar (2019)
  • Co-Presenter, “Judge, What Do You Want to Hear? Presenting a Bench Trial,” Section Annual Conference, Section of Litigation & Section of Solo, Small Firm and General Practice, American Bar Association (2019)
  • Moderator/Course Planner, “CLE Essentials: Family Law,” South Carolina Bar (2018)
  • Presenter, “Family Law, Construction Law, and Personal Injury Law: A Multi-Area Update,” Charleston School of Law (2017)
  • Moderator/Course Planner, “CLE Essentials: Family Law,” South Carolina Bar (2017)
  • Co-Presenter, “Legal Eagle Squares,” Horry County family Court CLE Seminar (2017)
  • Presenter, “Tools for GAL Investigations & How to Use Them,” In the Best Interests of the Child: Guardian ad Litem Training and Update,” South Carolina Bar (2017)
  • Co-Presenter, “Hollywood Squares: Serenity Now Edition,” South Carolina Bar Convention (2017)
  • Co-Presenter, “Hollywood Squares: The Family Court Rules Edition,” South Carolina Bar Convention (2016)
  • Co-Presenter, “Practice Before the South Carolina Family Court,” Bridge the Gap, South Carolina Bar (August 2016)
  • Co-Presenter, “Practice Before the South Carolina Family Court,” Bridge the Gap, South Carolina Bar (March 2016)
  • Co-Presenter, “Practice Before the South Carolina Family Court,” Bridge the Gap, South Carolina Bar (January 2016)
  • Co-Presenter, “Tech Tips for Trial Lawyers,” South Carolina Association of Justice Annual Meeting (2015)
  • Co-Presenter, “Practice Before the South Carolina Family Court,” Bridge the Gap, South Carolina Bar (August 2015)
  • Co-Presenter, “Practice Before the South Carolina Family Court,” Bridge the Gap, South Carolina Bar (March 2015)
  • Co-Presenter, “Practice Before the South Carolina Family Court,” Bridge the Gap, South Carolina Bar (January 2015)
  • Co-Presenter, “Courtroom Etiquette,” Professionalism Series, Charleston School of Law (2014)
  • Presenter, “Review of the United States Supreme Court’s Recent Rulings that Affect Family Law,” Hot Tips from the Coolest Domestic Law Practitioners, South Carolina Bar (2014)
  • Co-Presenter, “Practice Before the South Carolina Family Court,” Bridge the Gap, South Carolina Bar (August 2014)
  • Program Co-Chair, “The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and Its Implementation in Asia,” International Families: Money, Children, and Long-Term Planning, Section of International Law & Section of Family Law, American Bar Association (2014)
  • Presenter, “Marital Agreements & Can You Really Contract Out of Family Court Jurisdiction?” South Carolina Bar (2013)
  • Presenter, “You’ve Been Appointed a Juvenile Delinquent Matter … Now What?” South Carolina Bar (2013)

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