David Garrison Hill (born July 14, 1964) is a justice of the

South Carolina Supreme Court The South Carolina Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The court is composed of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices.

. He previously served as a judge of 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 ...

from 2017 to 2023.

Early life and education

D. Garrison Hill was born on July 14, 1964 in Greenville, South Carolina He received a

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four year ...

from

Wofford College Wofford College is a private liberal arts college in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It was founded in 1854. The campus is a national arboretum and one of the few four-year institutions in the southeastern United States founded before the America ...

in 1986 and a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina Law School in 1989.

Career

After graduating law school, Hill served as a law clerk to Judge William Walter Wilkins of the

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (in case citations, 4th Cir.) is a federal court located in Richmond, Virginia, with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts: * District of Maryland ...

. From 1990 to 2000, he was a member of Hill, Wyatt & Bannister in Greenville. In 2000, he started Hill & Hill, LLC with his father. From 2004 to 2017, he served as a resident circuit judge for the Thirteenth Circuit. In 2016, he was one of five candidates to fill a vacancy on the court of appeals. On February 1, 2017, he was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly in a 148–0 vote to serve as a judge of the

, he succeeded John Cannon Few.

South Carolina Supreme Court

On February 8, 2023, he was elected by the General Assembly to serve as a justice of the

South Carolina Supreme Court The South Carolina Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The court is composed of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices.

in a 140–0 vote. He replaced retired Justice

Kaye Gorenflo Hearn Kaye Gorenflo Hearn (born January 30, 1950) is a former justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court. She served on the court from 2010 to 2022. Education and career Hearn is a graduate of Bethany College, the University of South Carolina Sch ...

, making the South Carolina Supreme Court the only state supreme court in the country without a female justice.

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