Timothy M. Cain | |
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | |
Assumed office June 4, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Robert Bryan Harwell |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | |
Assumed office September 26,2011 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Patrick Michael Duffy |
Personal details | |
Born | Timothy Martin Cain January 19,1961 Seneca,South Carolina,U.S. |
Alma mater | Anderson University University of South Carolina (BS,JD) |
Timothy Martin Cain (born January 19,1961) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. He was formerly a South Carolina state judge and a law associate of Senator Lindsey Graham.
Cain was born in Seneca,South Carolina. He attended Anderson College in 1979 and 1980 and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1983 from the University of South Carolina. [1] He then earned a Juris Doctor in 1986 from the University of South Carolina School of Law. [1] [2]
After graduating from law school,Cain worked in private legal practice in Walhalla,South Carolina from 1986 until 1988 (including a stint in 1987 as a public defender in Seneca,South Carolina),and then as an assistant county solicitor in Seneca from 1988 until 1989. He then worked as an associate for a Seneca law firm from 1990 until 1991. Cain then worked as a partner in differently comprised firms in Seneca from 1991 until 1993,1993 until 1996. 1996 until 1998 and 1998 until 2000. [1] During Cain's time in private practice,he worked alongside future United States Senator Lindsey Graham for about three years. [3] Cain also served as county attorney for Oconee County,South Carolina from 1992 until 2000. [1] In 2000,Cain became a family court judge in Columbia,South Carolina. [1] [2]
On February 16,2011,President Barack Obama nominated Cain to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina that had been vacated by Judge Patrick Michael Duffy who assumed senior status in 2009. [4] The Senate confirmed Cain on September 20,2011 by a 99–0 vote. [5] He received his commission on September 26,2011. He became the Chief Judge on June 4,2024. [2]
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