There were 251 lawyers in good standing in York County as of the fourth quarter of 2024, 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. 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.
Lawyers in Good Standing in York County in Q4 2024
| Lawyer Name | Name of Firm | Date of License Granted |
|---|---|---|
| Kelson Gregory Hurley | – | 05/20/2024 |
| Emily Rebecca Ford | Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 02/05/2024 |
| Christopher Robert Mignacca | Okoye Law LLC | 11/13/2023 |
| Danielle Shinese Miller | David W. Martin Law Group, LLC | 11/13/2023 |
| Jordan D. Heavner | York County Public Defender’s Office | 11/13/2023 |
| Joseph Edward Burns | Joseph E. Burns Attorney at Law P.C. | 11/13/2023 |
| Jon Therron Causey | Simpson Law Firm, LLC | 05/15/2023 |
| Jacob McAllister McElroy | Zwicker & Associates, P.C. | 11/14/2022 |
| Derek Michael Banov | York County Public Defender’s Office | 06/27/2022 |
| Kent R. Chalmers | Ascendancy Law, LLC | 05/16/2022 |
| Megan Spagnolo Lai | Simpson Law Firm, LLC | 05/16/2022 |
| Shannen Tyler Deeter | Rock Hill City Solicitor’s Office | 05/16/2022 |
| Gary M. Apfel | Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 04/08/2022 |
| Cori Diane McCowin | – | 03/15/2022 |
| Cindy S. Alvear | Monk Law Firm, P.L.L.C. | 12/07/2021 |
| Jeremy Wayne Hayes | Schiller & Hamilton, LLC | 11/22/2021 |
| Brett Aaron Lonadier | Stewart Law Offices, LLC | 10/25/2021 |
| Shawana Burris | The Law Offices of Shawana Burris, LLC | 10/25/2021 |
| Theresa Marie Maheu | Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 10/21/2021 |
| Zachary David Griffin | Elrod Pope Law Firm | 10/20/2021 |
| Carla M. Litrenta | – | 09/10/2021 |
| Peri Elizabeth Imler | Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 05/17/2021 |
| Andrea Solorzano Johnson | Solorzano Johnson Law, LLC | 05/07/2021 |
| Kim Baker | K. Baker, LLC Attorney at Law | 04/21/2021 |
| Stroud Fuller Baker | S.C. Judicial Branch | 12/30/2020 |
| George Thomas Ligon | George T. Ligon II, Attorney at Law, LLC | 12/29/2020 |
| Kevin Bayona | Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 10/13/2020 |
| Landon Payne Finnie | Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 10/13/2020 |
| William Sarratt Anderson | Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 10/13/2020 |
| Jason Aaron Leblanc | York County Public Defender’s Office | 08/31/2020 |
| Laronda Deshane Kelley-Smith | – | 08/21/2020 |
| Frederick Crist Davis | York County Public Defender’s Office | 06/19/2020 |
| Maisha M. Blakeney | Blakeney Law LLC | 06/19/2020 |
| Rebecca Ann Daddino | Monk Law Firm, P.L.L.C. | 06/18/2020 |
| Arthur Whittington Hays | York County Public Defender’s Office | 05/05/2020 |
| Ashley Amber Tiffany Manning | KPMG, LLP | 11/19/2019 |
| Denise Nicole Gregory | York County | 11/19/2019 |
| Joe’terrious Keon Neal | Morton & Gettys, LLC | 11/19/2019 |
| John Kennedy Dowtin | – | 11/19/2019 |
| Rachel Alice Edgerton | Harvey & Vallini, LLC | 11/19/2019 |
| Sabreena L. Barboza | Barboza Law | 11/19/2019 |
| Matthew Adam Freeze | Monk Law Firm, P.L.L.C. | 09/03/2019 |
| Jennifer Michelle Cloud | The Cloud Law Firm, LLC | 05/07/2019 |
| Theres Lashan Boyd | – | 05/07/2019 |
| Jacob Andrew Isenberg | LPL Financial LLC | 12/03/2018 |
| Charles Baxter Burnette | Burnette & Payne, PA | 11/27/2018 |
| Erin Standley Estes | The Coley Law Firm, PLLC | 11/27/2018 |
| Heather Christine Burdette | Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 11/27/2018 |
| Kyle Andrew Detombeur | – | 09/20/2018 |
| Bronte Marie Anelli | S.C. Legal Services | 05/22/2018 |
| Jeffrey Charles Harris | U.S. Department of the Interior | 05/22/2018 |
| Robin M. Lalley | Sodoma Law, P.C. | 05/22/2018 |
| Ryan Paul Duffy | The Law Office of Ryan P. Duffy | 05/22/2018 |
| Tiffney Jelisa Love | – | 05/22/2018 |
| William Paul Harden | Harden Law Firm, LLC | 05/22/2018 |
| Beatriz Elena Marrinan | McMichael and Gray, PC | 02/22/2018 |
| Brittany Love | – | 01/16/2018 |
| Alexander Jeffrey Harper | – | 11/13/2017 |
| Alexis Peddy Espinoza | Bradford Espinoza, P.A. | 11/13/2017 |
| Amber Brooke Holt | – | 11/13/2017 |
| Claude Plumlee Close | Springsteen Capital, LLC | 11/13/2017 |
| Cody James Burgin | Robert J Reeves PC | 11/13/2017 |
| George Edgar Anderson | McKinney Tucker & Lemel | 11/13/2017 |
| Joshua Ryan Brown | The MLB Law Firm, LLC | 11/13/2017 |
| Jovanna Nicole Mastro | Sodoma Law, P.C. | 11/13/2017 |
| Roland Heath Myers | – | 11/13/2017 |
| Soraya Martial-Wright | – | 11/13/2017 |
| Amanda T. Cordell | – | 05/22/2017 |
| Caleb Wayne Grant | – | 11/07/2016 |
| Jennifer Anne Errington | The Law Offices of Jennifer A. Errington, PLLC | 11/07/2016 |
| David Anthony Grassi | Frost Echols, LLC | 05/23/2016 |
| Donae Alecia Minor | Minor Law Offices LLC | 05/23/2016 |
| Lois Lizanne Carlson | South Carolina Department of Social Services | 05/23/2016 |
| Sherril L. Davis | L. Sherril Law, LLC | 05/23/2016 |
| Benjamin Blair Hasty | David W. Martin Law Group, LLC | 11/16/2015 |
| Chan Mo Ahn | Ahn Law Firm, LLC | 11/16/2015 |
| Marissa Ann Coyle | Frost Echols, LLC | 11/16/2015 |
| Montrio Montess Belton Sr. | Law Offices of Montrio Belton, LLC | 11/16/2015 |
| Whitney Jones Mosteller | Harvey & Vallini, LLC | 11/16/2015 |
| Justin Douglas Metcalfe | Dixon-Hughes PLLC | 09/21/2015 |
| Allen Crosby Livingston | Knipp Law Office, PLLC | 05/18/2015 |
| Dylan B. Graff | – | 05/18/2015 |
| Stephen David Dluzneski | Hamilton Martens, LLC | 05/18/2015 |
| Thomas Lloyd Bowen | Sixteenth Circuit Public Defender | 05/18/2015 |
| Traci Yvonne Belk | Hankin & Pack, PLLC | 05/18/2015 |
| Zachary Michael Merritt | The MLB Law Firm, LLC | 05/18/2015 |
| Kelly Cordell Johnson | Lakeside Law, PC | 02/02/2015 |
| Jeffery Logan Cannon | – | 11/17/2014 |
| William Kenneth Barbieri | York County Public Defender’s Office | 11/17/2014 |
| Zachary Evan Fry | Robert J Reeves PC | 11/17/2014 |
| Micah Lindsay Cooper | PLG Law | 06/23/2014 |
| Abbey Mrkus Krysak | LPL Financial LLC | 05/19/2014 |
| Benjamin Philip Leader | Elrod Pope Law Firm | 05/19/2014 |
| David William Martin | David W. Martin Law Group, LLC | 05/19/2014 |
| Laura Dover | York County Government | 05/19/2014 |
| Sherman Floyd Morgan | – | 05/19/2014 |
| James David Duncan | Duncan and Nobles LLC | 02/19/2014 |
| Amanda Nicole Bruton | – | 11/18/2013 |
| Emily Nicole Brown | Emliy Brown Law LLC | 11/18/2013 |
| Eve Schafer Goodstein | McGowan Hood Felder & Phillips | 11/18/2013 |
| Gregory Raymond Close | Law Office of Gregory R. Close | 11/18/2013 |
| Heather Langley Mouzon | York County Sheriff’s Office | 11/18/2013 |
| Justin Warren Jones | F. Craig Wilkerson, Jr., LLC | 11/18/2013 |
| Melissa Gurney Cassell | Morton & Gettys, LLC | 11/18/2013 |
| Barbara Costner Kolatis | – | 05/13/2013 |
| Haley Scism Harden | – | 05/13/2013 |
| Tyler Tyler Bratton | – | 05/13/2013 |
| Ruth Flinn Cunnup | Monk Law Firm, P.L.L.C. | 11/13/2012 |
| Thomas Carroll Jeter | Nosal & Jeter, LLP | 09/19/2012 |
| Franklin Nick Malone Cotten | Hamilton Delleney Grier & Cotten, LLC | 05/21/2012 |
| Malissa Pierce Church | Malissa Church Law, LLC | 02/08/2012 |
| James Creighton Hayes | Robert W. Hayes, Jr., LLC | 11/14/2011 |
| Justin Robert Baer | – | 11/14/2011 |
| Matthew T. Hogge | Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 11/14/2011 |
| Amanda Marie Berthold McIntyre | – | 05/23/2011 |
| Craig Stoney Johannesmeyer | Law Ofc. of Craig S. Johannesmeyer | 05/23/2011 |
| Garrett Brendan Johnson | Elrod Pope Law Firm | 05/23/2011 |
| Kelly Marie Chicas | Law Offices of Michael G. Matthews | 05/23/2011 |
| James Douglas Harper | LPL Financial LLC | 11/29/2010 |
| Jordan Christopher Calloway | McGowan Hood Felder & Phillips | 11/29/2010 |
| Marina Bender Hamilton | Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 11/29/2010 |
| Michelle L. Monk | Monk Law Firm, P.L.L.C. | 09/22/2010 |
| Anna Siobhan Stonecypher Miller | York County Government | 05/11/2010 |
| David James McWilliam | – | 05/11/2010 |
| Daniel Hardee Harshaw | Faulkner Law Firm, LLC | 11/16/2009 |
| Joel Thomas Hamilton | Schiller Law Firm | 11/16/2009 |
| Calvin Jackson Nantz | C. Jackson Nantz III, PC | 09/17/2009 |
| David Andrew Manzi | David A. Manzi, P.A. | 09/02/2009 |
| Justin D. Bice | Bice Law LLC | 09/02/2009 |
| Ryan Warfield Monk | – | 09/02/2009 |
| Barrett Wesley Martin | Barrett W. Martin, P.A. | 05/26/2009 |
| Andrew Wade Creech | Elrod Pope Law Firm | 11/17/2008 |
| Beth N. Ramsey Faulkner | Faulkner Law Firm, LLC | 11/17/2008 |
| Brian Robert Murphy | Law Offices of Brian Robert Murphy, LLC | 11/17/2008 |
| James Tyler Burns | Burns Law Firm P.C. | 11/17/2008 |
| Jeremy Daniel Melville | Spencer & Spencer, PA | 11/17/2008 |
| Joshua Brian Mitchell | – | 11/17/2008 |
| Patricia McWilliam Lee | – | 11/17/2008 |
| Ashley White Creech | McGowan Hood Felder & Phillips | 11/13/2007 |
| Christopher Wayne Epting | Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 11/13/2007 |
| Mark Townsend McKinnon | Sixteenth Circuit Public Defender | 11/13/2007 |
| Syretta R. Anderson | SR Anderson Law Firm, PC | 11/13/2007 |
| David Coleman Kimball | Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, PA | 05/21/2007 |
| Tyler A. Bathrick | Stewart Law Offices, LLC | 05/21/2007 |
| Jacqueline N. Davis | DAgostino/Davis Law Group | 11/13/2006 |
| Jonathan Christopher Bonds | Sixteenth Circuit Public Defender | 11/13/2006 |
| Katherine Taylor Cummings | York County Public Defender’s Office | 11/13/2006 |
| Walter George Dusky | Palmetto Law Associates, LLC | 11/13/2006 |
| Rhonda Funderburk Benfield | Palmetto Law Associates, LLC | 11/14/2005 |
| Geoffry Mark Dunn | Law Offices of Geoffry M. Dunn, LLC | 11/15/2004 |
| Jenny E. Desch | Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 11/15/2004 |
| John Richards McCrae | Morton & Gettys, LLC | 11/15/2004 |
| Kindle Kay Johnson | K. Johnson Law Firm, LLC | 11/15/2004 |
| Julia Childress Khaled | Khaled Law Firm, PC | 05/24/2004 |
| Tracy McGuire Frick | FrickTrentLizzio, LLC | 05/24/2004 |
| Twana Nakeya Burris-Alcide | The Burris Legal Group | 01/06/2004 |
| Frederick William Faircloth | The Faircloth Law Firm, LLC | 11/17/2003 |
| Kirk William Horsley | – | 11/17/2003 |
| Kristie Young Beam | Brian C. Wilson, LLC dba Wilson & Beam | 11/17/2003 |
| Chad Vinson Echols | Frost Echols, LLC | 11/18/2002 |
| Christi Porter Cox | Hamilton Martens, LLC | 11/18/2002 |
| Jason P. Davis | Faulkner Law Firm, LLC | 11/18/2002 |
| Philip J. Corson | Legacy Law Firm LLC | 11/18/2002 |
| Toni Lynn Johnson | Sixteenth Circuit Public Defender | 09/17/2002 |
| Christopher Todd Hagins | University of South Carolina | 11/13/2001 |
| Erin M. Joyner | Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 11/13/2001 |
| Melissa Anne Inzerillo | Sixteenth Circuit Public Defender | 11/13/2001 |
| William Angus McKinnon | S.C. Judicial Branch | 11/13/2001 |
| Tracy L. Bomar-Howze | The Howze Law Firm | 08/08/2001 |
| Paula Knox Brown | Paula Knox Brown | 05/23/2001 |
| Jamie L. Bell | S.C. Legal Services | 05/08/2001 |
| Jennifer Susan Kottka Colton | York County | 11/13/2000 |
| Stacey D. Coleman | Sixteenth Circuit Public Defender | 11/13/2000 |
| Sally A. Carver-Young | The Young Law Firm, PC | 05/24/2000 |
| Lelia B. Ferguson | – | 05/08/2000 |
| Allen M. Nason | – | 11/15/1999 |
| Jennifer M. Creech | Law Office of Jennifer M. Creech, LLC | 12/15/1998 |
| Kevin Allen Babb | Comporium, Inc. | 11/16/1998 |
| Alexander W. Kendall | ChaceLaw Limited Company | 11/18/1997 |
| David Nevin Jonson | LPL Financial, LLC | 11/18/1997 |
| Gary Craig Lemel | McKinney Tucker & Lemel | 11/18/1996 |
| Leah B. Moody | – | 11/18/1996 |
| Robert Michael Johnson | Michael Johnson, PC & Associates | 11/18/1996 |
| Stephen M. Cox | Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, PA | 11/18/1996 |
| Thomas William Holland Sr. | Holland Law LLC | 06/18/1996 |
| Bryson J. Barrowclough | Sixteenth Circuit Public Defender | 11/13/1995 |
| Chad Alan McGowan | McGowan Hood Felder & Phillips | 11/13/1995 |
| Robert Weston McCleave | Law Office of Robert W. McCleave, LLC | 11/13/1995 |
| Walter Keith Martens | Hamilton Martens, LLC | 11/13/1995 |
| John P. Gettys | Morton & Gettys, LLC | 05/09/1995 |
| Sabrina M. Love-Sloan | Love Sloan Law, LLC | 05/09/1995 |
| Betty Ann Miller | Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 11/21/1994 |
| Cherie T. Barton | Barton Family Law, LLC | 11/21/1994 |
| Brian Scott McCoy | McCoy Law Firm, LLC | 05/16/1994 |
| Harry P. Collins | – | 05/16/1994 |
| Joanne Vargas Ballou | Johannesmeyer & Sawyer, PLLC | 05/16/1994 |
| John Cleveland Anthony | Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 05/16/1994 |
| Daniel Joseph Ballou | Morton & Gettys, LLC | 03/01/1994 |
| Robert Alvin Bruce | Bruce Law Firm | 11/15/1993 |
| Michael Frederick Gillen | Gillen & Pickelsimer, LLC | 05/17/1993 |
| Daniel Dominic D’Agostino | DAgostino/Davis Law Group | 11/18/1992 |
| Randall S. Hood | McGowan Hood Felder & Phillips | 11/18/1992 |
| Michael Kurt Kendree Sr. | York County Government | 06/01/1992 |
| Harry Alfred Dest | Dest Law, LLC | 05/07/1992 |
| Michael Gary Matthews | Michael Matthews, Attorney at Law | 05/04/1992 |
| Kevin Scott Brackett | Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 11/12/1991 |
| Ouida Swann Dest | Dest Law, LLC | 11/12/1991 |
| David M. Hadder | David M. Hadder, Attorney at Law, PA | 05/14/1991 |
| Jane Pittman Modla | S.C. Summary Court | 05/14/1991 |
| David Bradley Jordan | Jordan Law Firm, P.C | 11/16/1990 |
| Marvin Alton Hyatt | – | 11/16/1990 |
| Paul W. Dillingham | Spencer & Spencer, PA | 11/16/1990 |
| Stacy E. Lewis | Lewis Law Firm, LLC | 11/16/1990 |
| Daniel DeWitt Hall | S.C. Circuit Court | 11/16/1988 |
| William M. Brice | Brice Law Firm, LLC | 11/16/1988 |
| David Glenn Guyton | S.C. Family Court | 05/18/1988 |
| Dorothy Jean Killian | Law Office of Dorothy J. Killian | 04/04/1988 |
| Leland B. Greeley | Leland B. Greeley, PA | 11/14/1986 |
| Barron B. MacK | Mack & Mack | 11/21/1985 |
| James M. Morton | Morton & Gettys, LLC | 11/21/1985 |
| David Vance Benson | Elrod Pope Law Firm | 11/15/1984 |
| Debbie Sue Mollycheck | Debbie S. Mollycheck, Attorney at Law | 11/15/1984 |
| Joseph Ricardo Lefft | Lefft Law Group, LLC | 11/15/1984 |
| Walter L. Heinsohn | – | 05/16/1984 |
| Michael Langford Brown | The MLB Law Firm, LLC | 01/09/1984 |
| Larry Dale Dove | Thompson Dove Law Group LLC | 11/16/1983 |
| Robert Wesley Hayes | Hayes & Hayes | 11/16/1983 |
| Amy G. Montague | – | 11/05/1982 |
| Carol Nash Hare | Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. | 04/28/1982 |
| Beverly A. Carroll | Morton & Gettys, LLC | 11/09/1981 |
| Forrest M. Emerson | Comporium, Inc. | 11/12/1980 |
| James R. Hunter | – | 11/12/1980 |
| Benjamin A. Johnson | Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, PA | 05/14/1980 |
| Charles B. Burnette | BurnetteLaw, LLC | 11/08/1979 |
| Grady E. McMehan | Lewis Law Firm, LLC | 05/14/1979 |
| Peggy Yvonne Massey | – | 11/08/1978 |
| Thomas B. Roper | Thomas B. Roper, Esq. | 11/08/1978 |
| Philip A. Baity | A. Philip Baity, PA | 11/01/1978 |
| James W. Boyd | James W Boyd Law Firm LLC | 11/09/1977 |
| Lucy L. McDow | – | 11/01/1976 |
| John Martin Foster | – | 05/01/1976 |
| Alford Haselden | – | 11/11/1975 |
| Robert H. Breakfield | – | 02/01/1975 |
| James C. Hardin | Offit Kurman | 11/14/1974 |
| Jackson S. Kimball | S.C. Master-In-Equity | 09/21/1971 |
| Jack G. Leader | Elrod Pope Law Firm | 09/01/1970 |
| James R. Honeycutt | – | 09/10/1969 |
| William Clarkson McDow | – | 09/10/1969 |
| Thomas Franklin McDow | McDow and Urquhart, LLC | 10/03/1968 |
| Thomas A. McKinney | McKinney Tucker & Lemel | 01/01/1965 |
| Bayles B. MacK | Mack & Mack | 07/25/1960 |
