Carol Connor (1950 – February 20, 2004) was the first female circuit court, first appeal court, and first supreme court judge in South Carolina.
Connor was born in
Kingstree, South Carolina in 1950.
She received her
juris doctor
The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law
and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
at the
University of South Carolina School of Law in 1976. Connor married Attorney and state legislator Palmer Freeman.
She became the first female judge for the
South Carolina Circuit Court in 1988 for
Richland and
Kershaw counties.
In 1993, she became the first woman judge on the
South Carolina Court of Appeals
The South Carolina Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level appellate court for the state of South Carolina.
Jurisdiction
The Court of Appeals hears most appeals from the Circuit Courts and Family Courts of South Carolina that do not fall with ...
.
In 1984, she became the first woman to be an acting justice on the
South Carolina Supreme Court.
On February 20, 2004, Connor died of
breast cancer.
References
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1950 births
People from Kingstree, South Carolina
University of South Carolina School of Law alumni
American women judges
2004 deaths
Women judges
Deaths from breast cancer