Harriet Luttrell The world is in the worst recession since the Great Depression. The trouble officially began in December 2007, but the trouble is not over, not yet. And there could be another business contraction in what is being called a potential double- dip recession. For the present, should signs of a recovery pick up, the descriptive term being tossed about for the continuing economic plight is "jobless recovery." Even while economic appearances pick up, the unemployment rate is still rising. So far, there have been record foreclosures, and some go through without a fight, while the other kind is called the "contested foreclosure," which is Harriett Luttrell's province on behalf of the lenders.

Harriet Luttrell was born in Maryland, near Washington, D.C. where her father was in the Navy's Mine Warfare Command. His education was in civil and aerospace engineering. Her mother was a CPA, but she stayed home with the children.

Luttrell has an older sister in Sarasota, Fla., Phyllis, who is a married architect with children. Luttrell's younger sister, Becky, lives in Phoenix and works in the Allstate corporate office.

Luttrell's father moved the family to Panama City, Fla. when she was still a toddler. Just in time for Luttrell to enter the second grade, her family moved to Summerville, S.C., where they lived until their new house was finished in Hanahan. Luttrell stayed in Summerville schools through high school. She was editor of the high school paper, and she was a varsity swimmer known mostly for her breaststroke.

While math was her strong suit early on, her writing showed promise and marked progress in high school. During a summer high school journalism camp at the Columbia campus of USC, Luttrell placed second in a newswriting competition.

Twice a week at Summerville High School, Luttrell produced a live video for school- wide broadcasts.

Luttrell was accepted at the University of Florida, but the College of Charleston offered her the fattest scholarship. Her last two years were the first two years for Columbia's Alex Sanders as the president at the College of Charleston. She was a double major, focusing on both psychology and philosophy.

Her part- time work during school was typically with the school. As a research assistant at the psychology department, Luttrell worked on post- traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. And one summer she worked as a waitress at a guest ranch in the American West.

Upon graduation, Luttrell worked for almost two years as a paralegal in the Stewart Law Firm in Rock Hill. S.C. Attorney Brent Stewart handled mostly personal injury cases. Luttrell moved to Charleston to work for George Sink, maybe less than a year, and then she worked for Ness Motley on asbestos claims.

Luttrell entered law school at USC in the fall of 1998. Later, she was article's editor of the Law Review. In her first summer while in law school, she worked for Columbia's Sherwood M. (Woody) Cleveland, a noted commercial transactions lawyer, and in her second summer she worked at the McNair Law Firm.

She returned to Cleveland after graduation, and she stayed with him as they merged with Rogers Townsend & Thomas in August 2008. Luttrell is a profit- sharing partner at Rogers Townsend & Thomas now.

Luttrell has two children. Her son Mason (12) is at Dutch Fork Middle School, and her daughter Katy (6) is in the first grade at River Springs Elementary.

On Saturday, September 19, Luttrell marries Jay Wallace, plant manager for CMC Recycling in Florence and putatively a first- rate golfer.