J. Derham Cole
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1992 - Present
2025
33
J. Derham Cole is a circuit court judge for the Seventh Judicial Circuit in South Carolina.[1] He was elected to the court by the South Carolina General Assembly on February 5, 1992.[2][3] He was re-elected in February 2019.[4]
Education
Cole received his undergraduate degree in government and public administration from the University of South Carolina in 1974 and his J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1976.[2]
Career
Before he became a judge, Cole was an assistant circuit solicitor for the Seventh Judicial Circuit, worked as an attorney in private practice, and served as an elected official in the South Carolina General Assembly representing Spartanburg County House District #32 in the South Carolina House of Representatives.[2]
See also
External links
- South Carolina Judicial Department: Circuit Map
- South Carolina Judicial Department: Judge J. Derham Cole Biography
Footnotes
- ↑ South Carolina Judicial Department: South Carolina Circuit Court Judges
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 South Carolina Judicial Department: Judge J. Derham Cole 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
