If you are a business owner who sells alcohol or are trying to become one, a Mount Pleasant, SC alcohol compliance lawyer who is experienced with successfully obtaining licenses for clients, renewing them, and defending them against violations, can make handling the legal side of your alcohol license issues much easier. Lauren Acquaviva has years of experience doing these things and knows how stressful and confusing alcohol compliance issues are. She opened Viva Beverage Law to help people with the full scope of alcohol licensing and compliance issues. If you have questions about your alcohol compliance issue, reach out to Lauren today.
Alcohol compliance lawyers help business owners by guiding them through the complex regulations South Carolina has surrounding alcohol sales and distribution. They often assist clients with obtaining licenses, renewing them, making sure that they stay in compliance, and defending them against Alcohol Beverage Licensing (ABL) violations.
Before applying for a state liquor license, people who want to open a business that sells alcohol need to apply for and obtain a local business license and verify zoning approval from the Town of Mount Pleasant. A local alcohol lawyer who has experience with doing this can help to make the process move more quickly and with less stress on your part.
Many businesses that sell alcohol, especially restaurants, bars, and hotel bars, that are frequented by visitors from places that don’t have laws against selling liquor on Sundays, want to be able to sell it on Sundays but are not sure if this is possible. An experienced Mount Pleasant alcohol compliance lawyer can help determine if this is possible for your particular business.
In general, retail stores cannot sell liquor on Sundays in South Carolina. SC does not allow the statewide sale of beer and wine at retail stores on Sundays but it is allowed in many counties and municipalities that have approved Sunday beer and wine sales through local referendums. If your business is in a county that allows Sunday sales, you need to obtain a Special Sunday Permit from the South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR). A good liquor compliance lawyer can help you quickly figure out if it’s possible for you to get a Sunday permit.
A very important thing an alcohol lawyer can help you to do is to consistently be in compliance with all state and local alcohol compliance rules by making sure your paperwork is up to date and by keeping you up to date in any laws that have changed, and by making sure that you fully understand SC’s strict alcohol laws so that you can make sure that you and your employees never break them.
If you have been charged with alcohol compliance violations, a lawyer who understands how the SCDOR operates, can defend you against these charges and help you keep your license.
Why Experience Matters In An Alcohol Compliance Lawyer
When you have an experienced alcohol compliance lawyer supporting you every step of the way, you can rest assured knowing that the legal side of selling alcohol is squared away- so that you can focus on actually running your business. When you hire Lauren, you are hiring a lawyer who:
- Has tried over 100 tax and alcohol license cases at the South Carolina Administrative Law Court.
- Worked for six years for the South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) litigating alcohol licensing and tax matters on behalf of the Department.
- Graduated in the top third of her class at the University of South Carolina School of Law.
To learn more about how our highly experienced Mount Pleasant alcohol compliance lawyer Lauren can help you with your compliance issues, contact us today at Viva Beverage Law to set up an appointment to speak with her.
Lauren also serves as a Guardian ad Litem in private family court actions. Lauren enjoys this role the most as her job as a GAL is to assist the court in determining what is in the minor children’s best interests. Lauren is happy to serve as a GAL in Charleston, Berkeley, or Dorchester County.
