There were 153 lawyers in good standing in Florence County as of March, 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.
Lawyers in Good Standing in Florence County in March
| Lawyer Name | Name of Firm | Date of License Granted |
|---|---|---|
| David George Lowther | Florence County Public Defender’s Office | 05/20/2024 |
| Kayla Jebaily Adams | Jebaily Law Firm, PA | 05/20/2024 |
| Joseph Dante Meade | Twelfth Circuit Public Defender | 11/13/2023 |
| Luther Fredrick Carter | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA | 11/13/2023 |
| Savannah Pierce Baxley | Fourth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 11/13/2023 |
| Joseph Cantey Heath | Nettles Turbeville & Reddeck | 05/15/2023 |
| Parker Wayne Lee Brown | Aiken Bridges Elliott Tyler & Saleeby, P.A. | 05/15/2023 |
| Adonikam Jabarre Hudson | Florence County | 11/14/2022 |
| Weldon Lucas Coates | Aiken Bridges Elliott Tyler & Saleeby, P.A. | 10/21/2021 |
| Matthew Howard Ellis | US Attorney’s Office, District of South Carolina | 04/20/2021 |
| Jeremiah S. Freeman | Twelfth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 10/13/2020 |
| Tiffany Jane’ Brown | The Law Offices of Tiffany J. Brown, LLC | 10/13/2020 |
| William Joseph Edwards | Finklea Law Firm | 10/13/2020 |
| Casey Amanda McKee | Grand Strand Law Group, LLC | 09/21/2020 |
| Jaynie Danielle Leftridge | Twelfth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 04/22/2020 |
| Joseph E. Gonzalez | McAngus Goudelock & Courie, LLC | 04/21/2020 |
| Caroline Lanier Savage Felten | McGowan, Rogers, Stewart & Hiller, PA | 11/19/2019 |
| Daniel Learin Beasley | – | 05/07/2019 |
| Chaquez Tawan McCall | The Law Office of Chaquez T. McCall, LLC | 11/27/2018 |
| Holly Elizabeth Brown | U.S. District Court, District of SC | 11/27/2018 |
| Stuart Paul Burnette | Carolina Legal Associates | 05/22/2018 |
| Catherine Mallory Cunningham Hooks | – | 11/13/2017 |
| Adrian Peguese Carter | Turner Padget Graham & Laney, PA | 05/22/2017 |
| Katherine Hollingsworth Flynn | US Attorney’s Office, District of South Carolina | 11/07/2016 |
| Marsh Allan Julian | Julian Law Firm, LLC | 11/07/2016 |
| Patrick Buel Ford | Finklea Law Firm | 05/23/2016 |
| Emily Arp Jordan | MPD Electric Cooperative, Inc. | 11/16/2015 |
| Martina Palatto Love | U.S. District Court, District of SC | 09/21/2015 |
| Lauren L. Hummel | U.S. Attorney’s Office | 11/17/2014 |
| Pierce Talmadge MacLennan | Raines Hospitality | 11/17/2014 |
| Susan C. McGill | – | 11/17/2014 |
| Gregory Dean Ammons | Smith Ammons, LLC | 02/19/2014 |
| Alexander S. Hogsette | Hatfield Temple Law LLC | 11/18/2013 |
| Ashley Lucas Brown Hogsette | Synergi Partners, Inc. | 11/18/2013 |
| Everett Eugene McMillian | U.S. Attorney’s Office | 11/18/2013 |
| Charles Epps Ipock | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA | 11/15/2013 |
| Roger Edward Henderson | Hatfield Temple Law LLC | 05/13/2013 |
| Christie Wise Henderson | McLeod Health | 11/13/2012 |
| Eugene Leroy Nettles | Nettles Turbeville & Reddeck | 11/13/2012 |
| Joshua Timothy Howle | Smith Ammons, LLC | 11/13/2012 |
| Lawton Steven Matthews | Parham Law Firm, LLC | 11/13/2012 |
| Brooke Ashleigh Grooms | – | 02/08/2012 |
| Linward Curtis Edwards | Law Office of Linward C. Edwards II | 02/08/2012 |
| Kevin Ray Etheridge | Gardner Law Firm, P.A. | 09/21/2011 |
| Kevin Michael Hope | Twelfth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 06/06/2011 |
| Daniel Tindall Jordan | McGowan, Rogers, Stewart & Hiller, PA | 11/29/2010 |
| Emily Scarbrough Jordan | – | 11/29/2010 |
| Johanna Serrano Gardner | U.S. District Court, District of SC | 11/29/2010 |
| Brendan Padgett Barth | Barth, Ballenger & Lewis, LLP | 11/16/2009 |
| Emily Merrill Crayton | Twelfth Circuit Public Defender | 11/16/2009 |
| John Gatling Hofler | Hofler Law Firm, LLC | 11/16/2009 |
| Katherine Moore Gordon | – | 11/16/2009 |
| Mallory Catoe Barth | Children’s Law Center, University of South Carolina | 11/16/2009 |
| Margaret Elise Baker | Hope Health, Inc. | 11/16/2009 |
| William Kyle Geddings | Twelfth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 11/16/2009 |
| Chris Moore | Richardson Thomas, LLC | 11/17/2008 |
| John Woodrow Holt | Twelfth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 11/17/2008 |
| Jesse Stanley Cartrette | S.C. Probate Court | 05/27/2008 |
| Fitzlee Howard McEachin | S.C. Family Court | 11/13/2007 |
| James Rufus Bratton | Aiken Bridges Elliott Tyler & Saleeby, P.A. | 11/13/2007 |
| John G. Hendrick | Finklea, Hendrick & Blake, LLC | 11/13/2007 |
| Joshua A. Bailey | Snow & Bailey Law Firm, P.A. | 11/13/2007 |
| Penny Hays Cauley | Hays Cauley, PC | 11/13/2007 |
| Wallace H. Jordan | Wallace H. Jordan, Jr., P.C. | 11/13/2007 |
| Pheobe Annette Clark | Wukela Law Office | 11/13/2006 |
| Steven H. Deberry | – | 11/13/2006 |
| Edward Andrew Love | King, Love & Hupfer, LLC | 06/06/2006 |
| William Foster Edgeworth | Edgeworth & Co. Law Firm, LLC | 01/04/2006 |
| Lee H. Herron | The Herron Law Firm | 11/14/2005 |
| Patrick James McLaughlin | Wukela Law Office | 05/18/2005 |
| Everett Guy Ballenger | Barth, Ballenger & Lewis, LLP | 11/15/2004 |
| Nicholas W. Lewis | Barth, Ballenger & Lewis, LLP | 11/15/2004 |
| Pierce C. Campbell | Turner Padget Graham & Laney, PA | 11/15/2004 |
| Preston Bruce Dawkins | Aiken Bridges Elliott Tyler & Saleeby, P.A. | 11/15/2004 |
| Brooke Chapman Evans | Evans & Turnblad, LLC | 11/17/2003 |
| Jay Ritchie Lee | Aiken Bridges Elliott Tyler & Saleeby, P.A. | 11/17/2003 |
| Susanne K. Hodge | U.S. District Court | 11/17/2003 |
| Rangeley Catherine Bailey | Jebaily Law Firm, PA | 05/13/2002 |
| Charles L. McLain | McLain & Associates, LLC | 11/13/2001 |
| Geoffrey Miles Gordon | Department of Social Services Child Support Services Division | 11/13/2001 |
| Aisha Swinton Lusk | U.S. District Court, District of SC | 11/13/2000 |
| Charlie James Blake | – | 05/08/2000 |
| Charles J. Hupfer | King, Love, Hupfer & Nance LLC | 11/15/1999 |
| Philip Bryan Atkinson | Atkinson Law Firm, LLC | 11/15/1999 |
| William Vickery Meetze | Twelfth Circuit Public Defender | 05/10/1999 |
| Thurmond Brooker | Brooker Law Firm | 01/05/1999 |
| Bryan Wesley Braddock | Braddock Law Firm, LLC | 11/16/1998 |
| David J. Banner | Aiken Bridges Elliott Tyler & Saleeby, P.A. | 11/16/1998 |
| Robert David McKissick | Abbott, McKissick & Hopewell, LLC | 11/16/1998 |
| David Craig Brown | – | 05/11/1998 |
| Samuel F. Arthur | Aiken Bridges Elliott Tyler & Saleeby, P.A. | 05/11/1998 |
| Gene Lee Miller | G. Lee Miller, Esquire, P.C. | 11/18/1997 |
| Joseph Dawson | U.S. District Court, District of SC | 11/18/1997 |
| Tiffni Drawdy Clark | McLeod Health | 11/18/1997 |
| William Clyde Barnes | McLeod Health | 11/18/1997 |
| Deborah Drucker Deutschmann | American Honda Motor Company | 05/06/1997 |
| James Gladney McGee | S.C. Family Court | 11/13/1995 |
| John Rogers Kirven | S.C. Summary Court | 11/13/1995 |
| Michael Allen Meetze | Federal Public Defender’s Office | 11/21/1994 |
| Christi Barfield McDaniel | Wukela Law Office | 11/15/1993 |
| Gary Ivan Finklea | Finklea Law Firm | 11/15/1993 |
| Kathy Price Elmore | Orr & Ervin, LLC | 11/15/1993 |
| Michael Charles Abbott | Abbott, McKissick & Hopewell, LLC | 11/15/1993 |
| Robert Thomas King | King, Love & Hupfer, LLC | 11/15/1993 |
| Barbara Ann Tolson-Haywood | S.C. Legal Services | 11/18/1992 |
| James W. Hoffmeyer | Law Office of W. James Hoffmeyer | 11/18/1992 |
| Michael S. Hopewell | Abbott, McKissick & Hopewell, LLC | 11/18/1992 |
| Bob Kendall Hiller | McGowan, Rogers, Stewart & Hiller, PA | 11/12/1991 |
| Gamble Hartzell Anderson | S.C. Department of Social Services | 11/12/1991 |
| Jerome Scott Kozacki | Willcox Buyck & Williams, PA | 11/12/1991 |
| Walter Hilton Barefoot | McAngus Goudelock & Courie, LLC | 11/12/1991 |
| Edgar Lewis Clements | Twelfth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 11/16/1990 |
| Lisa Annanderson Lawson | U.S. District Court | 11/16/1990 |
| Richard L. Hinson | Richard L. Hinson, LLC | 11/16/1990 |
| Susan J. Firimonte | S.C. Legal Services | 11/16/1990 |
| Gerald M. Angelo | Gerald M. Angelo, Attorney At Law | 09/24/1990 |
| Valerie Swarts Gardner | S.C. Legal Services | 06/06/1990 |
| Mark V. Desser | Mark Desser Attorney at Law, LLC | 11/15/1989 |
| Stephen L. Hill | Twelfth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 11/15/1989 |
| Steven M. Calcutt | Calcutt Law Firm | 11/15/1989 |
| Clifford C. McBride | S.C. Legal Services | 11/16/1988 |
| John Charles Jepertinger | Twelfth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 11/16/1988 |
| Joseph P. McLean | Aiken Bridges Elliott Tyler & Saleeby, P.A. | 11/16/1988 |
| Marion Stephenson Fowler | Fowler Law Firm, PC | 11/16/1988 |
| Mark W. Buyck | Willcox Buyck & Williams, PA | 11/16/1988 |
| Scott Poston Floyd | Twelfth Circuit Public Defender | 11/16/1988 |
| Samuel Thompson Brunson | Samuel T. Brunson Law Offices | 11/23/1987 |
| Edward Glenn Elliott | Aiken Bridges Elliott Tyler & Saleeby, P.A. | 11/14/1986 |
| Jon Rene Josey | Turner Padget Graham & Laney, PA | 11/21/1985 |
| Daryl James Corbin | – | 01/07/1985 |
| Arthur E. Justice | Turner Padget Graham & Laney, PA | 11/15/1984 |
| Michael Gary Nettles | S.C. Circuit Court | 11/15/1984 |
| Leonard Michael Mills | – | 11/16/1983 |
| Marian Dawn Nettles | Nettles Turbeville & Reddeck | 11/16/1983 |
| George D. Jebaily | Jebaily Law Firm, PA | 06/06/1983 |
| Robert Bryan Harwell | U.S. District Court | 05/17/1983 |
| Kevin Mitchell Barth | Barth, Ballenger & Lewis, LLP | 11/05/1982 |
| Karl A. Folkens | Folkens Law Firm, P.A. | 05/14/1981 |
| Cheryl Turner Hopkins | Law Office of Cheryl Turner Hopkins | 11/12/1980 |
| Frederick Augustus Hoefer | Twelfth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 11/12/1980 |
| Alfred W. Bethea | – | 04/01/1980 |
| Conrad G. Derrick | G. Conrad Derrick, Attorney at Law | 11/08/1979 |
| Malloy D. McEachin | McEachin & McEachin, P.A. | 11/01/1975 |
| Saunders M. Bridges | Aiken Bridges Elliott Tyler & Saleeby, P.A. | 05/15/1974 |
| Arthur Eugene Morehead | S.C. Family Court | 11/03/1973 |
| Boone J. Aiken | Aiken Bridges Elliott Tyler & Saleeby, P.A. | 11/03/1973 |
| James T. McBratney | McBratney Law Firm, P.A. | 11/03/1973 |
| Kenneth E. Merriman | – | 11/03/1973 |
| Brown W. Johnson | Clarke Johnson Peterson & McLean, PA | 09/30/1972 |
| John S. Deberry | – | 01/01/1971 |
| Ronald J. Jebaily | Jebaily Law Firm, PA | 09/10/1969 |
| John R. Etheridge | The Gardner Law Firm | 04/14/1966 |
| Mark W. Buyck | – | 03/25/1959 |
