There were 135 lawyers in good standing in Berkeley 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.
Lawyers in Good Standing in Berkeley County in May
| Lawyer Name | Name of Firm | Date of License Granted |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Ryan Gardner | – | 05/20/2024 |
| Joshua Calvin Griffin | S.C. Circuit Court | 05/20/2024 |
| Toni Lynn Gaultney | – | 05/20/2024 |
| Michael Bryan Lee | REV Federal Credit Union | 02/05/2024 |
| Aaron Michael Kitlowski | – | 11/13/2023 |
| Audra Jayne Inglis | Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC | 11/13/2023 |
| Brian Alexander Coverdale | – | 11/13/2023 |
| Ella Catherine Biggins | – | 11/13/2023 |
| Marie Margaret Lerch | Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 11/13/2023 |
| Dana Lasha Broughton-Johnson | – | 09/12/2023 |
| Erica Simone Burkhardt | Sterling Analytics | 05/15/2023 |
| Samantha Carole Iannarilli Aldridge | Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 05/15/2023 |
| Anne C. Huebschen | – | 08/01/2022 |
| Allie Aleece Maples | Smyth Whitley, LLC | 05/16/2022 |
| Daniel Christian Abarno | Goldfein, LLC | 05/16/2022 |
| Brian Zachary Lapchak | Payne Law Firm, LLC | 12/21/2021 |
| James Stephen Britt | – | 11/09/2021 |
| Astasia Kay Williams-Bertles | Berkeley County Public Defender’s Office | 10/27/2021 |
| Michelle Nicole Hart | Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 10/26/2021 |
| David Paul Maivald | Curtiss-Wright Corporation | 10/25/2021 |
| Dillon Calhoun Biering | – | 10/21/2021 |
| Gabriella F. Graham | Lauren Taylor Law | 06/11/2021 |
| Savannah Marie Hurteau | Lauren Taylor Law | 05/14/2021 |
| Melissa Belle Drennan | Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP | 12/18/2020 |
| Vanisa Siler Brown | – | 11/17/2020 |
| Kayla Blackley Donato | – | 10/22/2020 |
| Iman Alece Hart | – | 10/13/2020 |
| Luke Patrick Green | – | 10/13/2020 |
| Rachel Huddleston Janowski | Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 10/13/2020 |
| Jessica Marie Botto | – | 05/06/2020 |
| Jenna Ruth Anthrop | Motley Rice, LLC | 11/19/2019 |
| Joseph Edward Donohue | J. Donohue Law, LLC | 11/19/2019 |
| Matthew F. Leahy | Leahy Law Firm, LLC | 11/19/2019 |
| Megan Elizabeth Allen | – | 11/19/2019 |
| Olivia Hassler Lynch | Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 11/19/2019 |
| Remington C. Duncan | Seaton & Duncan, Attorneys at Law, LLC | 11/19/2019 |
| Tiffany Ann Palmer Elling | – | 11/19/2019 |
| Daniel Ezekiel Martin | The Steinberg Law Firm, LLP | 10/02/2019 |
| Brittany Taylor Gibson | – | 05/07/2019 |
| Tyler K. Jenkins | – | 02/19/2019 |
| Alicia Noel Bolyard | – | 11/27/2018 |
| Jonathan S. Hwang | Wagenmaker & Oberly, LLC | 11/27/2018 |
| Amber Derrica Daniels | The Law Office of Amber Daniels, LLC | 05/22/2018 |
| Charles Nelson Gill | – | 05/22/2018 |
| Adam Patterson Greene | The Steinberg Law Firm, LLP | 01/16/2018 |
| Kathryn Elizabeth Goodyear | Goodyear Law, LLC | 11/13/2017 |
| Thomas Michael Fernandez | – | 11/13/2017 |
| William Shafter Jackson | The Steinberg Law Firm, LLP | 11/13/2017 |
| Alexander F. Myers | Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 05/22/2017 |
| Alexander W. Knowles | The Tiencken Law Firm, LLC | 05/22/2017 |
| Martin Gavin Murphy | The Law Office of Martin G. Murphy, Jr., LLC | 05/22/2017 |
| George Benjamin Bishop | Berkeley County Government | 11/07/2016 |
| Samantha Elenor Albrecht | The Lovely Law Firm | 11/07/2016 |
| Megan Elise Driggers | – | 05/23/2016 |
| Brett David Budlong | Graybill, Lansche & Vinzani, LLC | 11/16/2015 |
| Sabrina Collins Call | The Law Firm of Sabrina Call, LLC | 11/16/2015 |
| Stephen M. Blevins | HawkLaw, PA | 11/16/2015 |
| James E. Dangerfield | – | 02/02/2015 |
| Adam Geoffrey Carr | – | 11/17/2014 |
| Benjamin A. Dennis | Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 11/17/2014 |
| Steven Ashley Farr | Connecticut Attorney’s Title Insurance Company | 11/17/2014 |
| Wilton Hart McNeely | Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Office | 09/24/2014 |
| Madison Brooke Alger | Copeland, Stair, Valz & Lovell, LLP | 11/18/2013 |
| Valerie Hannon Keffer | – | 09/16/2013 |
| Stephen Cole Fitchett | Fitchett & Thomas, LLC | 05/13/2013 |
| Valerie Rains Lowndes | Lowndes Law Firm, LLC | 05/13/2013 |
| Alexander Gregory Hall | Tiencken Law Firm, LLC | 11/13/2012 |
| Charles Anton George | George Law Firm LLC – Maritime Law Group | 11/13/2012 |
| Lauren Acquaviva | Viva Law Firm | 11/13/2012 |
| James R. Davis | – | 05/21/2012 |
| Anne Caggiano | Blackbaud, Inc. | 11/14/2011 |
| John Rutledge McCormick | South Carolina Department of Social Services | 11/14/2011 |
| Peter Moselle Kaufman | – | 11/14/2011 |
| Caroline Michelle Grady | – | 09/21/2011 |
| William Floyd Kopis | – | 05/23/2011 |
| David Patrick Conway | Miller Conway | 09/22/2010 |
| Ross Elliott Miller | – | 09/22/2010 |
| Allison Rose Farina | Farina Law Firm, PC | 02/03/2010 |
| Casie Suddeth Farrell | Harvey & Vallini, LLC | 11/16/2009 |
| Courtney Wall Kerce | Courtney Wall Kerce Family Law, LLC | 05/26/2009 |
| Benjamin William Akery | The Steinberg Law Firm, LLP | 11/17/2008 |
| Shaheena R. Bennett | Bennett Law Firm & Mediation, LLC | 10/07/2008 |
| Bernadette Shawan Gillians | Santee Cooper | 11/13/2007 |
| Christopher S. McDonald | Tiencken Law Firm, LLC | 11/13/2007 |
| James Edward Courtney | Goose Creek Police Department | 11/13/2007 |
| Karen L. Hallenbeck | The Tiencken Law Firm, LLC | 11/13/2007 |
| Matthew Cline Halverstadt | Manley & Halverstadt, L.L.C. | 11/13/2007 |
| Paul James Conway | – | 11/13/2007 |
| Kathleen Elisabeth Hoover | Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office | 11/13/2006 |
| Michael J. Jordan | The Steinberg Law Firm, LLP | 11/13/2006 |
| Margaret Fawcett Durant | Riesen DuRant, LLC | 06/27/2006 |
| Desiree Michelle Nemec | – | 11/14/2005 |
| Kristina Y. Baxley | – | 11/14/2005 |
| Amanda Morgan Blundy | Blundy Law Firm, LCC | 11/15/2004 |
| Edward A. Bertele | – | 03/10/2004 |
| Bryan A. Alfaro | Alfaro Law Firm, LLC | 11/17/2003 |
| Elizabeth Rose Amory | U.S. Department of State | 11/17/2003 |
| Jay J. Hulst | Williams & Hulst, LLC | 11/17/2003 |
| Rad Stuart Deaton | Deaton Law Firm, LLC | 11/18/2002 |
| James L. Foti | Foti Law Firm, LLC | 05/13/2002 |
| Gregory A. Deluca | DeLuca & Maucher, LLP | 05/08/2001 |
| Beth Manning Lee | – | 11/13/2000 |
| Blakely Copeland Cahoon | Judge | 05/08/2000 |
| Patrick J. McDonald | Resnick & Louis, P.C. | 06/08/1999 |
| Amanda Lee Callander | Santee Cooper | 11/16/1998 |
| Bonnie Travaglio Hunt | Hunt Law, LLC | 05/11/1998 |
| Christopher P. Biering | Biering Law Firm, P.C. | 05/06/1997 |
| John T. Chakeris | Chakeris Law Firm | 11/21/1994 |
| Joseph Todd Manley | Manley & Halverstadt, L.L.C. | 11/21/1994 |
| Ellen Lee Karesh | S.C. Summary Court | 05/16/1994 |
| Allison Stover Leard | Leard Law Firm, LLC | 11/15/1993 |
| Christopher Joseph Louden | Chris J. Louden Attorney at Law, PC | 11/15/1993 |
| Gina Jolly McAlhany | Judge | 11/15/1993 |
| James Allbright Blair | WCM Global Wealth, LLC | 11/15/1993 |
| Debra J. Gammons | Debra J. Gammons, Attorney at Law | 11/18/1992 |
| Robert George McCulloch | CSI | 11/18/1992 |
| Timothy Alan Domin | – | 11/18/1992 |
| Kevin D. Kearse | Law Office of Attorney Kevin D. Kearse | 05/14/1991 |
| Debra Kay Littlejohn | Berkeley County Magistrate | 06/06/1990 |
| Percy Beauford | Law Office of Percy Beauford | 06/06/1990 |
| David Cooper Cleveland | Clawson & Staubes, LLC | 11/15/1989 |
| Jay S. Masty | DeLuca & Maucher, LLP | 05/17/1989 |
| Donna Gail McQueen | Donna McQueen, Attorney at Law | 01/09/1989 |
| Nancy W. Gryniewski | – | 05/21/1986 |
| Michael Allan Maucher | DeLuca & Maucher, LLP | 06/03/1985 |
| John Michael Baxley | Douglas Jennings Law Firm, LLC | 11/05/1982 |
| Steve Christopher Davis | Steve Davis Law LLC | 11/05/1982 |
| Johnny F. Driggers | Johnny F. Driggers, Esq. | 11/12/1980 |
| Jon A. Mersereau | – | 11/08/1979 |
| Edward J. Dennis | Dennis Law Firm, LLC | 11/09/1977 |
| James E. Brogdon | Whetstone Perkins & Fulda, LLC | 11/09/1977 |
| Ernie L. Mixon | Ernie L. Mixon, Attorney at Law | 11/01/1977 |
| Keith W. Kornahrens | S.C. Probate Court | 11/11/1975 |
| Peter D. Deluca | DeLuca & Maucher, LLP | 11/01/1973 |
| Lionel S. Lofton | Lofton & Lofton, PC | 01/01/1971 |
