George James | |
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| Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court | |
| Assumed office February 7, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Donald W. Beatty |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 2,1960 Savannah,Georgia,U.S. |
| Education | The Citadel (BS) University of South Carolina (JD) |
George C. James,Jr (born June 2,1960) [1] is an American lawyer and judge,who serves as a justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court.
James was born in Savannah,Georgia in 1960. [2] He was raised in Sumter,South Carolina,and graduated from Wilson Hall School in 1978. [2] He completed a bachelor's degree in business administration at The Citadel in Charleston,South Carolina in 1982,and completed a J.D. degree at the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1985. [3]
James was in private practice in South Carolina from 1985 to 2006. [3] He worked for and became a partner with his father's law firm,Richardson,James and Playerm,which subsequently merged to become Lee,Erter,Wilson,James,Holler and Smith LLC in 2000. [2]
James was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly to serve as a state judge on the South Carolina Circuit Court in 2006,for the Third Circuit,which covers four counties in eastern South Carolina:Clarendon,Lee,Sumter,and Williamsburg. He was re-elected to a second term in 2012.
The South Carolina General Assembly elected James to serve as a justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court in February 2017,to fill the remaining three years of the term of Donald W. Beatty,who was elevated to chief justice. [3] The South Carolina General Assembly re-elected James to a new ten-year term on February 5,2020. [4]
James is a former member of the South Carolina Supreme Court's Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization. [5] [6]
