Upstate SC News

There were 29 fewer lawyers in good standing in Pickens County in the second quarter of 2024 compared to the previous quarter, according to the South Carolina Bar.

There were 58 lawyers in good standing in Pickens County in the second quarter of 2024, compared to 87 the quarter before.

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. There is currently only one lawyer for every 493 residents.

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.

As of June 2024, a South Carolina lawyer makes an average annual salary of $96,789 per year.

Lawyer Name	Name of Firm	Date of License Granted
Gunner Summey Hedden	-	11/14/2022
Brooke Nicole Ennis	Boatwright Legal, LLC	11/15/2021
Jacob Quinn Hofferth	Thirteenth Circuit Solicitor's Office	04/29/2021
Patrick Cleburne Fant	Thirteenth Circuit Solicitor's Office	04/26/2021
Tyler Matthew Dolphin	Resurgent Capital Services, LP	04/20/2020
Xizhou Feng	-	01/07/2020
Shaun David Malone	Thirteenth Circuit Solicitor's Office	11/19/2019
Stephanie Ann Hoffman	Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey, LLC	11/19/2019
Joseph Smith Hendricks	-	09/23/2019
Morgan Cancel	Thirteenth Circuit Solicitor's Office	05/22/2017
Andrew Joseph Bluvas	Clemson University Research Foundation	11/07/2016
Martin Scott High	-	11/07/2016
Sarah Christine Fowler	Thirteenth Circuit Solicitor's Office	11/07/2016
Morgan Curry Arndt	Pacolet Milliken, LLC	11/17/2014
Caroline Hopkins Newton	Thirteenth Circuit Public Defender	11/18/2013
Nima Fiuzat	-	11/13/2012
Daniel Graham Buckner	Smith Jordan, P.A	05/21/2012
Adam B. Lambert	S.C. Master-In-Equity	11/14/2011
Cara Goodman Cochran	-	11/14/2011
Sean Joseph Hinton	Cleveland Hinton P.A.	11/14/2011
Bruce Alan Nessler	Army Judge Advocate General Legal Center & School	11/29/2010
Kimberly S. Newton	Newton Law Firm of Clemson, LLC	11/29/2010
John Baker Cleveland	Cleveland Hinton P.A.	11/16/2009
Cary Berkeley Kaye	-	05/27/2008
Neal Anthony Collins	The Hendricks Firm, LLC	05/27/2008
Jermaine Desean Johnson	Clemson University	11/13/2006
Nathan Mather Clark	Newton Law Firm of Clemson, LLC	11/13/2006
Steven Luther Alexander	Alexander Law Firm, LLC	11/17/2003
Tyler D. Bolden	WestPoint Home LLC	08/07/2002
Anne E. Crocker	Clemson University	03/13/2002
Charles Nicholas Lavery	C. Nicholas Lavery, P.A.	06/08/1999
Trey W. Merck	-	05/11/1998
Kenneth Scott Drury Sr.	-	09/17/1997
Brian Keith James	Brian K. James, LLC	11/18/1996
David K. Allison	-	11/13/1995
Brian T. Gibbons	-	04/04/1995
James Sidney Erwin	Erwin Law Firm, PA	11/21/1994
Lisa Robette Claxton	Clemson University	11/21/1994
Woodrow Grady Jordan	Smith Jordan, P.A	05/17/1993
Judith Mary Munson	Greenville County	09/23/1991
Charles W. Hood	Clemson University	06/06/1990
Mary C. McCormac	Mary C. McCormac Attorney At Law, LLC	05/18/1988
Lewis Lesesne Hendricks	The Hendricks Firm, LLC	11/23/1987
Robert Scott Dover	Law Offices of Scott Dover	11/23/1987
Kay Kirkley Barrett	Kay Kirkley Barrett, Attorney at Law	05/19/1987
Alvin D. Johnson	S.C. Family Court	11/14/1986
Perry Hudson Gravely	S.C. Circuit Court	11/14/1986
Harry Ennis Bodiford	H.E. Bodiford	11/15/1984
Pamela E. Deal	Deal & Deal, PA	04/28/1982
Kelvin R. Kearse	-	11/09/1981
David R. Harrison	-	11/01/1978
Stephen S. Bartlett	S.C. Family Court	11/01/1977
Charles T. Deal	Deal & Deal, PA	05/11/1977
David D. Cantrell	David D. Cantrell, Jr., LLC	05/11/1977
Randall Morris Newton	Newton Law Firm of Clemson, LLC	11/01/1976
Daniel E. Hunt	Law Offices of Daniel E. Hunt, P.A.	11/11/1975
Gary Elmore Clary	Clemson University	05/13/1975
James C. Alexander	Alexander Law Firm, LLC	05/15/1974