Jim Brown

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Appeals; Post Conviction Relief; Habeas Corpus; Civil Rights Violations; Malicious Prosecution; False Arrest; False Imprisonment

Admitted: 1996, South Carolina

Law School: University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1996; Research Assistant, University of South Carolina School of Law, 1995.

College: Wofford College, B.A., Philosophy with senior honors,/English, 1993; Pi Kappa Alpha (President, 1992?1993).

Biography:  Vice President, South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2004.  Editor, S.C. Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2002, 2003.  Recipient, President's Award for Outstanding Contributions to the South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2003.  CJA Panel Member, U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Assistant Public Defender, Beaufort County Public Defender Office, 1998-2001.  Assistant Public Defender, Richland County Public Defender Office, 1997-1998.  Adjunct Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Park University, MCAS Beaufort, 2000-2002. Graduate of Trial Clinic, National Criminal Defense College, 2000. Coach, Mock Trial Team, Beaufort High School.

Author: Stop And Frisk, "Williams" and "Butler", The Advocate, Vol. 8, No. 2, June 2003; Criminal Defense Highlights from United States Supreme Court 2002 Term, The Advocate, Vol. 8, No.1, January 2003; "Cotton" Futures In South Carolina, The Advocate, Vol. 7, No. 3, October 2002; Limiting Impeachment When Presenting Witness Testimony, The Advocate, Vol 7, No. 1, March 2002.  

Speaker: Defendant's Rights, Constitutional Issues, Orientation for Magistrates S.C. Criminal Justice Academy, Orientation for Magistrates, April 2003; Mid Trial Motions: Directed Verdict Motions and Motions for Judgment of Acquittal, Corpus Delicti, Preservation of previous objections, Responding to State motions, S. C. Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Spring Seminar, 2001.