Byron E. Gipson, Shareholder
Byron E. Gipson is a shareholder in the firm who practices primarily in the Orangeburg, South Carolina office, where he has developed a general practice in the areas of criminal defense and personal injury.
Byron has built an impressive reputation handling difficult, high-profile criminal cases. He is totally committed to his clients and brings an extraordinary level of sensitivity, compassion and skill to each case he handles. He is highly respected by his clients, opposing attorneys and judges across the state.
Byron is a Dreher High School graduate and later received Bachelors of Arts degrees in both English and Political Science from the College of Charleston. While attending the University of South Carolina School of Law, he served as president of the local chapter of the Black Law Student's Association and was chosen as the organization's Executive Director on the national level. While in law school, he also worked as a law clerk at Johnson, Toal & Battiste, P.A., where he gained valuable experience doing research and legal writing, and played an integral role in the preparation and trial of several major criminal and civil cases. After law school, Byron became the law clerk to the Honorable L. Casey Manning, Chief Administrative Judge for the Fifth Judicial Circuit. He joined the firm in 1997.
In 2000, Byron was appointed to the South Carolina Humanities Council Board of Directors by Governor Jim Hodges. He was later elected as the Chairman of the Humanities Council in September 2004. He is currently a member of the Richland County, South Carolina, and National Bar Associations. Byron is also a member of the Columbia Lawyers Association, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., and the 100 Black Men of Columbia. Byron is married to Denise Roher-Gipson and they have two children, Caleb and Kendall. |
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