
Practice areas: Family Law; view more
Licensed in South Carolina since: 2015
Education: University of South Carolina School of Law
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Vaux Marscher Berglind, PA
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Stephen Meyer is an attorney and partner at Vaux Marscher Berglind, PA, in Bluffton, South Carolina. Mr. Meyer has a broad-ranging legal practice with a particular emphasis on family and matrimonial law. He also serves as a Guardian ad Litem in family law cases as well as a certified Family Court Mediator. Mr. Meyer has successfully litigated and mediated hundreds of cases in the Family Courts of South Carolina. He represents clients in Bluffton and throughout the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit of South Carolina, which includes Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, Colleton, and Allendale counties.
Mr. Meyer received a bachelor’s degree in political science from American University in Washington, D.C. He went on to graduate magna cum laude from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where he earned a certificate in children’s law. While attending law school, he received several academic honors and belonged to the international legal honor society Phi Delta Phi, the Order of the Coif and the Order of the Wig and Robe.
Additionally, Mr. Meyer was editor-in-chief of The Journal of Law and Education. Upon law school graduation, he passed the South Carolina bar examination and obtained his license to practice law before all South Carolina state courts. He is also qualified to appear before the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States.
An active member of his legal and professional communities, Mr. Meyer is a member and past president of the Beaufort County Bar Association and a member of the Hilton Head Island Bar Association. Mr. Meyer also teaches constitutional law with the Osher Life Long Learning program at the University of South Carolina Beaufort. He serves as the American University alumni area representative for South Carolina and the Gamecock Club, and is active with his local church.
Practice areas
Family LawFocus areas
Adoption, Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Dissolution, Divorce, Father's Rights, Juvenile Law, Marital Property, Mediation & Collaborative Law, Name Change, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements, Same Sex Family Law
- 100% Family Law
First Admitted: 2015, South Carolina
Professional Webpage: https://www.vaux-marscher.com/attorney/meyer-stephen/
- University of South Carolina School of Law Young Alumni Council, 2023
- South Carolina Bar - Young Lawyer's Division Circuit Representative for 14th Judicial Circuit, 2022
- Member, South Carolina Family Law American Inn of Court, 2022
- Immediate Past President, Beaufort County Bar Association, 2022
- President, Beaufort County Bar Association, 2021
- Beaufort County Bar Association
- Hilton Head Island Bar Association
- U.S. Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit, 2015
- U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 2015
- Constitutional Law Instructor at University of South Carolina Beaufort's Osher Life Long Learning Initiative (OLLI). I have taught since spring of 2017 in a variety of constitutional law related topics. I teach seminars in the spring, summer, and fall semesters, 2017
- Judicial Merit Selection Committee Member - Family Court, 2019
- Graduate - Leadership Bluffton Program (Bluffton Chamber of Commerce), 2016
- Chairman of the Board of Directors - Low Country Legal Volunteers, 2020
- Secretary, Beaufort County Bar Association, 2018
- Certified as a Family Court Mediator for South Carolina, 2019
- President Elect and Vice President, Beaufort County Bar Association, 2020
- Treasurer, Beaufort County Bar Association, 2019
- Earned Certified Family Court Mediator credential from South Carolina Bar, 2019
- Member, Lowcountry Presbyterian Church - Bluffton, South Carolina
- Member, Gamecock Club
- Alumni Area Representative for South Carolina, American University
- President - Board of Directors for Low Country Legal Volunteers - 2019 - Present. , 2019
- Order of the Wig and Robe, University of South Carolina School of Law
- Presented by Justice George C. James, Jr. of the South Carolina Supreme Court for leadership through service as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lowcountry Legal Volunteers. , Justice John Cannon Few Leadership Award, South Carolina Supreme Court and Lowcountry Legal Volunteers, 2025
- Rising Stars, Super Lawyers, 2024
- Rising Stars, Super Lawyers, 2023
- Rising Stars, Super Lawyers, 2022
- Rising Stars, Super Lawyers, 2021
- Member, Eagle Scout
- CALI Excellence Awards in Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing, Special Education Law, Parents, Children, and the Law, and Business Associations, University of South Carolina School of Law
- I.M. Goldberg Family Law Scholar, University of South Carolina School of Law
- Graduated in the top 10% of the USC Law, Order of the Coif, University of South Carolina School of Law, 2015
- American University, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Minor in Justice Law and Society, 2009
- University of South Carolina School of Law, Certificate in Children's Law, 2015
- University of South Carolina School of Law - Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude, 2015
- Presented at Biannual CLE on Guardian ad Litem related Family Court issues., CLE Presenter, Working as a Guardian ad Litem and Handling High Conflict Cases, Beaufort County Family Court Bar Fall 2024 CLE, 2024
- Presented at annual CLE to the Hilton Head Island Bar Association, CLE Presenter, The $100,000.00 Pyramid of Family Law, Hilton Head Island Bar Association, 2025
- Presented at the annual SCAJ conference as a speaker during the family law continuing legal education presentation. , Continuing Legal Education Presenter, New and Persisting Challenges Facing Guardians ad Litem, South Carolina Association for Justice Annual Convention, 2024
- South Carolina League of Women Voters, Presenter / Panel Member, Women and Families - Post Roe, 2022
- Presented at annual Beaufort County Bar Association Super CLE, CLE Presenter, Prenuptial Agreements: Key Clauses and Applicable Case Law, 2020
- Eagle Scout - Boy Scouts of America, 2002
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2021 - 2025