Deadra L. Jefferson
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2001 - Present
2025
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Deadra L. Jefferson is a circuit court judge for the Ninth Judicial Circuit in South Carolina.[1] She was elected to the court by the South Carolina General Assembly on May 30, 2001.[2][3] She was re-elected by the General Assembly in February 2019.[4]
Education
Jefferson received her undergraduate degree in politics and English from Converse College in 1985 and her J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1989.[2]
Career
- 2001-present: Judge, Ninth Judicial Circuit
- 1996-2001: Judge, Ninth Judicial Circuit Family Court
- 1990-1996: Attorney, McFarland and Jenkins, later McFarland and Associates
- 1989-1990: Law Clerk to the Honorable Richard E. Fields, Ninth Judicial Circuit
- 1989: Admitted to the South Carolina Bar[2]
See also
External links
- South Carolina Judicial Department: Circuit Map
- South Carolina Judicial Department: Judge Deadra L. Jefferson Biography
Footnotes
- ↑ South Carolina Judicial Department: Circuit Court Judges - Circuit 9
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 South Carolina Judicial Department: Judge Deadra L. Jefferson Biography
- ↑ State of South Carolina, "Terms of Judges," May 15, 2013
- ↑ South Carolina Judicial Branch, "Court News: Judicial Elections," accessed June 24, 2019
Federal courts:
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of South Carolina • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of South Carolina
State courts:
South Carolina Supreme Court • South Carolina Court of Appeals • South Carolina Circuit Courts • South Carolina Masters-in-Equity • South Carolina Family Courts • South Carolina Magistrate Courts • South Carolina Municipal Courts • South Carolina Probate Courts
State resources:
Courts in South Carolina • South Carolina judicial elections • Judicial selection in South Carolina
