Upper West SC News

There were 58 lawyers in good standing in Greenwood County as of May, according to the South Carolina Bar.

Data refers to all lawyers who were actively practicing during this time period. Lawyers in good standing do not have any complaints or disciplinary actions being taken against them.

Despite the long history of the legal profession in South Carolina, the state has the nation's second-lowest lawyer-to-population ratio.

More than 1,000 ethics complaints have been made against South Carolina judges who handle the state's major cases in circuit court. However, there were no judges who were publicly censured.

A South Carolina lawyer makes an average annual salary of $98,893 a year.

Lawyer Name	Name of Firm	Date of License Granted
Ellen Zimmerman Jones	-	11/09/2021
Robert J. Johnston	Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System	07/22/2021
Chad H. Gunnells	-	06/29/2021
Madison Kaylene Hoffman	Eighth Circuit Solicitor's Office	11/19/2019
Rick Faulks	Rick Faulks Attorney at Law	11/27/2018
Meagan E. Johnson	Virtual Legal Associates LLC	05/22/2018
Jacqueline Li	-	05/23/2016
Micah Elijah Black	Eighth Circuit Solicitor's Office	11/18/2013
Matthew Wade Dowtin	Eighth Circuit Solicitor's Office	05/21/2012
Chelsea Brooke McNeill	Eighth Circuit Public Defender	05/23/2011
Kathryn Stoddard Funderburk	Stoddard Funderburk Law Firm	02/03/2010
Cecil Yates Brown	Eighth Circuit Solicitor's Office	11/16/2009
Matthew David Guyette	-	05/26/2009
Jennings B. Anderson	Nicholson, Meredith and Anderson, LLC	05/27/2008
Jane Hawthorne Merrill	Hawthorne Merrill Law, LLC	11/13/2007
Kevin M. Drew	Watson & Drew LLC	11/13/2006
Shunna Vance Jeter	GLEAMNS Human Resources Commission, Inc.	11/13/2006
Hannah Khristin Metts	McDonald Patrick Poston Hemphill & Roper, LLC	11/14/2005
Timothy Allen Clardy	McCravy Newlon & Sturkie Law Firm, P.A.	11/14/2005
Demetrios George Andrews	Eighth Circuit Solicitor's Office	11/17/2003
Velvet Brown Davis	Bacot & Padgett, LLC	11/18/2002
James T. Hedgepath	Countybank	11/13/2001
Carson McCurry Henderson	Greenwood County	11/16/1998
Douglas Lamar Bell	McDonald Patrick Poston Hemphill & Roper, LLC	11/16/1998
Robert Wallis Cone	S.C. Department of Social Services	11/16/1998
Adam S. Bacot	The Law Firm of Bacot & Padgett, LLC	11/18/1997
Andrew Michael Hodges	The Hodges Law Firm, LLC	11/18/1996
Dawn Puderbaugh Hodges	South Carolina Department of Social Services	11/18/1996
Nancy Thornton Hobbs	McDonald Patrick Poston Hemphill & Roper, LLC	11/18/1996
Gail D. Moore	Lander University	11/13/1995
Lena Younts Meredith	Nicholson, Meredith and Anderson, LLC	11/13/1995
Stephen Drew Geoly	Geoly Law Firm	09/19/1995
Thomas Philip Austin	-	11/21/1994
Travis W. Moore	S.C. Probate Court	11/21/1994
William Chad Bettis	Ayers Smithdeal & Bettis, PC	11/21/1994
Donald Christopher Colongeli	S.C. Legal Services	09/20/1994
Edward S. McCallum	Law Offices of Edward S. McCallum, III	05/16/1994
Frank Robert Addy	S.C. Circuit Court	11/15/1993
Richard C.R. Cathcart Sr.	Eighth Circuit Solicitor's Office	11/15/1993
Charles E. Grose	Grose Law Firm	05/17/1993
Alecia Tate Compton	Alecia Compton Law Office, LLC	11/18/1992
David Welborn Adams	Tinsley & Adams, LLP	11/18/1992
Bradley Wilson Knott	Law Office of Bradley W. Knott, LLC	11/12/1991
Camilla Cathcart McDevitt	-	11/12/1991
Roy R. Hemphill	McDonald Patrick Poston Hemphill & Roper, LLC	11/16/1990
John D. Compton	Compton Law Firm, LLC	01/08/1990
Lucia Hoefer Leaman	-	11/14/1986
John R. McCravy	McCravy Newlon & Sturkie Law Firm, P.A.	11/21/1985
Peter J. Manning	The Manning Law Firm, PA	11/15/1984
Billy J. Garrett	The Garrett Law Firm, PC	11/16/1983
James Clyde Johnson	The Johnson Law Firm of Greenwood, LLC	11/16/1983
George P. Callison	Callison Dorn Law Firm	11/05/1982
Townes W. Jones	William T. Jones PA	04/28/1982
Curtis G. Clark	A Business Law Firm	11/01/1977
William Kimbrough Charles	-	05/15/1974
Kenneth W. Fish	Kenneth W. Fish, Attorney At Law	11/03/1973
Robert M. Erwin	-	08/27/1964
James E. Moore	S.C. Supreme Court	08/10/1961