Meet the Team
Jacqueline Anthony, Esquire
Attorney at family advocacy law firm
Jacqueline’s interest in the Family Court began at an early age, as she was reared in a family with four siblings who were adopted, and her mother was the director of an adoption agency. Jacqueline decided that she wanted to serve families through the legal process while helping the them maintain integrity, and she has built her practice around that concept.
Before and during law school, Jacqueline was a Certified Adoption Investigator for an adoption agency in the upstate of South Carolina. During law school, she was trained and certified as a volunteer Guardian ad Litem. Following her certification, she devoted her pro bono service work representing children involved in abuse and neglect cases in the Charleston County Family Court. These Guardian ad Litem cases, along with her own personal experience with adoption and the Family Court, inspired her to practice family law in a way that focuses not only on the legal aspect of domestic relations, but also on the impact these events have on the individuals involved.
Jacqueline is an active member of the Charleston County Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar, the Young Lawyers Division of the South Carolina Bar, and the South Carolina Women Lawyer’s Association. She is also a private Guardian ad Litem and finds her work representing children in private custody litigation to be some of the most rewarding work in the practice of law.
In August 2012, Jacqueline was also elected by her law school peers to serve a three-year term on Charleston School of Law’s Alumni Association Board.
In 2008, Jacqueline co-authored an article entitled “1997 Adoption and Safe Families Act,” which was published in Fostering Families today. In 2014, Jacqueline co-authored an article entitled “Is Your Internationally-adopted Child a Citizen of the United States?,” which was published in Fostering Families today.
In 2008, Jacqueline was honored to receive the Congressional Angel in Adoption award, and again in 2013, Jacqueline was honored to be an integral part in the Families Forever Committee (a committee which she co-chairs) receiving the Congressional Angel in Adoption award.
In her free time, Jacqueline enjoys interior design, DIY projects, and boating. She lives in Mount Pleasant with her husband and two children.
Elizabeth L. Rast, Esquire
Attorney at family advocacy law firm
Elizabeth began her legal career in 2006 in the area of business transactions. However, in 2007, her focus shifted primarily to Family Court cases. Elizabeth has since developed her private family court practice, working as an associate attorney in complex domestic litigation for reputable law firms in the area, serving as a Guardian ad Litem, and spending one year as staff attorney for South Carolina Department of Social Services in the area of abuse and neglect. She became a member of Family Advocacy Law Firm, LLC in May of 2020.
Elizabeth attended Wofford College as an Anna Todd Wofford Scholar and Merit Scholarship recipient. She graduated summa cum laude in 2003 with a B.S. in Biology with emphasis in pre-medicine and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. While at Wofford, Elizabeth was a member of the tennis team, an officer in various student organizations, and served as a genetics and chemistry peer tutor. Elizabeth received a Merit Scholarship to attend the University of South Carolina School of Law and graduated cum laude in May of 2006, receiving the honor of Order of Wig and Robe and three CALI awards. While in law school, she served on the ABA Real Property Probate and Trust Journal and was an officer in student organizations and peer tutor and research assistant in the area of Contracts.
Elizabeth is a member of the Charleston County Bar Association, South Carolina Bar Association, and South Carolina Women Lawyers Association. She received the honor of Charleston Business Magazine’s 2017 Legal Elite of the Lowcountry for Family Law. She plays competitive USTA League Tennis and volunteers on the Island Turtle Team. Elizabeth also enjoys the outdoors, live music, frequent travel to St. John, USVI, and time with family and friends, especially her niece and nephews.