Kaye Hearn
| Kaye Hearn | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| South Carolina Supreme Court | |
| Title: | Justice |
| Service: | |
| Active: | 1995 - present |
| Preceded by: | John Waller |
| Past position: | South Carolina Court of Appeals |
| Past term: | 1995-2009 |
| Past position: | Judge |
| Personal History | |
| Bachelors: | Bethany College, 1972 |
| Law School: | University of South Carolina School of Law, 1977 |
| Grad. School: | University of Virginia's Graduate Program for Judges (L.L.M. degree), 1998 |
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Kaye G. Hearn is an elected justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court. She was elected to this position on May 13, 2009. She is only the second woman to serve on the state Supreme Court. [1] Hearn was sworn in on January 14, 2010. [2]
Education
Hearn received a B.A. degree from Bethany College in 1972, a J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1977, and an L.L.M. degree from the University of Virginia's Graduate Program for Judges in 1998.[3] She received an honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the Charleston School of Law in 2010.[4]
Career
After graduating from law school, Hearn clerked with Julius B. Ness, former member of the South Carolina Supreme Court. After her clerkship, she went into private practice. In 1986, Hearn joined the 15th District Family Court. A year later, she became the chief administrative judge on the court, a position she served until her election to the South Carolina Court of Appeals in 1995. Hearn was elected chief judge of that court in 1999. She was elected to the South Carolina Supreme Court in 2009. [3]
Teaching
Hearn is an adjunct professor at Charleston Law School. [3]
Awards and Associations
- 2011 Jean Galloway Bissell Award by the South Carolina Women Lawyers’ Association[4]
- 2011 Francis Marion University Honorary Degree [4]
- 2004 South Carolina Trial Lawyers' portrait honoree
- Member, Nelson Mullis Riley & Scarborough Professionalism Committee
- Member, The Chief Justice's Commission on the Profession
- Member, Alternate Dispute Resolution Commission
- Past member, South Carolina Board of Bar Examiners
- Past member, Partnership Board, University of South Carolina Law School [3]
- Chair, Docket Management Task Force, 2011 [5]
See also
External links
- South Supreme Court, Justice Kaye G. Hearn
- Project Vote Smart, Justice Kaye G. Hearn (SC)
- South Carolina Women Lawyers Association's Blog: The Briefcase, "Judicial Independence - Justice Kaye Hearn's Speech to SCWLA's Midland Region, 3/11/2010", April 2, 2010
References
- ↑ The State, "Kaye Hearn is second woman on state’s highest court", May 14, 2009
- ↑ WIS10 "Hearn sworn in as second woman on SC's high court", January 14, 2010
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 South Supreme Court, Justice Kaye G. Hearn
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 scnow.com "Three distinguished S.C. professionals to receive FMU honorary degrees" April 27, 2011
- ↑ South Carolina Judicial Department "Docket Management Task Force", February 18, 2011
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| Current |
Jean Hoefer Toal • Costa Pleicones • Donald Beatty • John Kittredge • Kaye Hearn • | ||
| Former | John Waller • Charles Albert Woods • Ernest A. Finney, Jr. • | ||
