Judy L. McMahon

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Judy L. McMahon

Prior offices:

South Carolina 9th Circuit Court

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Education

Bachelor's

Winthrop College, 1966

Law

University of South Carolina, 1967

Graduate

Florida State University, 1976

Judy L. McMahon is a former family court judge for the Ninth Judicial Circuit in South Carolina. She was first elected to the court by the South Carolina General Assembly in February 1983 and retired in 2016.

Education

McMahon received her undergraduate degree from Winthrop College in 1966, her master's degree from Florida State University in 1967, and her J.D. from the University of South Carolina in 1976.

Career

Before her election to the court, McMahon worked as an attorney in private practice in Charleston, S.C. She also previously served as a municipal court judge for the City of Charleston from 1978 to 1983.

See also

• Courts in South Carolina
• South Carolina Circuit Courts
• Judicial selection in South Carolina

External links

• South Carolina Judicial Department, "Family Court Map"
• South Carolina Judicial Department, "Judge Judy L. McMahon Biography"

Footnotes

South Carolina courts

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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