Joseph Collins Smithdeal
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2013 - Present
2025
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Joseph Collins Smithdeal is a family court judge for the Eighth Judicial Circuit in South Carolina.[1] He was elected to the court by the South Carolina General Assembly on January 30, 2013.[2][3] He was re-elected in February 2019.[4]
Education
Smithdeal received his B.A. from The Citadel in 1989 and his J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1992.[5][6]
Career
Before his election to the court, Smithdeal practiced law with the firm of Ayers, Smithdeal & Bettis, PC in Greenwood, South Carolina for twenty years.[6]
See also
External links
- South Carolina Judicial Department: Family Court Map
- South Carolina Judicial Department: Judge Joseph C. Smithdeal Biography
Footnotes
- ↑ South Carolina Judicial Department: Family Court Judges - Circuit 8
- ↑ South Carolina Judicial Department website, "Court News: Judicial Elections," January 30, 2013
- ↑ State of South Carolina, "Terms of Judges," May 15, 2013
- ↑ South Carolina Judicial Branch, "Court News: Judicial Elections," accessed June 24, 2019
- ↑ Martindale.com, Judge Profile: Joseph Collins Smithdeal
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 South Carolina Judicial Department: Judge Joseph C. Smithdeal Biography
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
