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Jim works in Whetstone Perkins and Fulda’s Marion office with his son, James. He spent most of his legal career in Marion, SC. After graduating from law school in 1977 Jim began his career with William H. Seals in a general practice which included personal injury and workers compensation matters. During those years he served on Marion City Council and as Marion County attorney. In 1996 he was elected as a Circuit Court Judge and served until 2005 when he became General Counsel at Santee Cooper, retiring in 2014. He returned to Santee Cooper as Interim President and CEO in 2017 and served in that role until 2019. Jim is now practicing complex injury and business litigation with Whetstone Perkins & Fulda.
South Carolina, 1977
U.S. District Court, 1978
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1978
U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 2013
South Carolina Bar Association
South Carolina Association for Justice
Richland County Bar Association
Florence County Bar Association
Board of Trustees, SCETV Endowment
U Of SC Law Alumni Council
Board of Directors, (Past Chairman), Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina
First Presbyterian Church Moncks Corner, S.C.
Captain, U.S. Army Reserves Honorably Discharged 1988
University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1974 B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: cum laude, Major: Economics