JUDICIAL MERIT SELECTION COMMISSION
AGENDA (as of 11/20/08)
Public Hearings on Judicial Qualifications
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 – Thursday, December 4, 2008
Dec. 2, 2008 - State House 3rd Floor Conference Room
Dec 3-4, 2008 - Room 504, Blatt Building
Columbia, South Carolina
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
9:00 a.m. Executive Session
9:45 a.m. Honorable Pandora Jones-Glover, Circuit Court for the 1st Judicial Circuit, Seat 1
10:05 a.m. Maite Murphy, Circuit Court for the 1st Judicial Circuit, Seat 1
10:25 a.m. Edgar Warren Dickson, Circuit Court for the 1st Judicial Circuit, Seat 1
10:45 a.m. D’Anne Haydel, Circuit Court for the 1st Judicial Circuit, Seat 1
11:05 a.m. James Benjamin Jackson, Jr., Circuit Court for the 1st Judicial Circuit, Seat 1
11:25 a.m. Michael P. Horger, Circuit Court for the 1st Judicial Circuit, Seat 1
11:45 a.m. Jeffrey P. Bloom, Circuit Court for the 1st Judicial Circuit, Seat 1
12:05 p.m. Lunch
12:35 p.m. James E. Chellis, Circuit Court for the 1st Judicial Circuit, Seat 1
12:55 p.m. Bryan C. Able, Circuit Court for the 8th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2
1:15 p.m. Honorable Frank R. Addy, Jr., Circuit Court for the 8th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2
1:35 p.m. Eugene C. Griffith, Jr., Circuit Court for the 8th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2
1:55 p.m. Honorable Donald Bruce Hocker, Circuit Court for the 8th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2
2:15 p.m. Honorable Walter Rutledge Martin, Circuit Court for the 8th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2
2:35 p.m. Joseph C. Smithdeal, Circuit Court for the 8th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2
2:55 p.m. David Craig Brown, Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 1
3:15 p.m. Allen O. Fretwell, Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 1
3:35 p.m. Lisa C. Glover, Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 1
3:55 p.m. William B. von Herrmann, Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 1
4:15 p.m. Andrew Michael Hodges, Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 1
4:35 p.m. Honorable William Jeffrey Young, Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 1
4:55 p.m. Daniel Francis Blanchard, III, Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 6
5:15 p.m. Philip S. Ferderigos, Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 6
5:35 p.m. Leland Bland Greeley, Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 6
5:55 p.m. Daniel Dewitt Hall, Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 6
6:15 p.m. Honorable Roger E. Henderson, Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 6
6:35 p.m. Honorable Kaye G. Hearn, Court of Appeals, Seat 5
6:55 p.m. Honorable James Rezner Barber, III, Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 10
7:15 p.m. Honorable Joseph Monroe Strickland, Master-in-Equity for Richland County
7:35 p.m. Honorable Larry R. Patterson, Circuit Court for the 13th Judicial Circuit, Seat 3
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 - Room 504, Blatt Building
9:00 a.m. Executive Session
9:20 a.m. Honorable Clifton Newman, Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 3
9:40 a.m. Honorable William Henry Seals, Jr., Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 6
10:00 a.m. William J. Thrower, Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 6
10:20 a.m. Sarah Elizabeth Wetmore, Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 6
10:40 a.m. Edgar Henderson Long, Family Court for the 10th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1
11:00 a.m. M. Scott McElhannon, Family Court for the 10th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1
11:20 a.m. David Earl Phillips, Family Court for the 10th Judicial Circuit, Seat 1
11:40 a.m. Catherine C. Christophillis, Family Court for the 13th Judicial Circuit, Seat 6
12:00 p.m. W. Wallace Culp, III, Family Court for the 13th Judicial Circuit, Seat 6
12:20 p.m. Lunch
12:50 p.m. Catherine E. Fairey, Family Court for the 13th Judicial Circuit, Seat 6
1:10 p.m. Alex Kinlaw, Jr., Family Court for the 13th Judicial Circuit, Seat 6
1:30 p.m. William Marsh Robertson, Family Court for the 13th Judicial Circuit, Seat 6
1:50 p.m. David Jamison Rutledge, Family Court for the 13th Judicial Circuit, Seat 6
2:10 p.m. Honorable Michael Don Stokes, Family Court for the 13th Judicial Circuit, Seat 6
2:30 p.m. Deborah Brooks Durden, Administrative Law Court, Seat 4
2:50 p.m. Christopher McGowan Holmes, Administrative Law Court, Seat 4
3:10 p.m. Honorable Melody L. James, Administrative Law Court, Seat 4
3:30 p.m. Carol Ann Isaac McMahan, Administrative Law Court, Seat 4
3:50 p.m. Leonard P. Odom, Administrative Law Court, Seat 4
4:10 p.m. Kelly Hunter Rainsford, Administrative Law Court, Seat 4
4:30 p.m. Break
4:50 p.m. Shirley Canty Robinson, Administrative Law Court, Seat 4
5:10 p.m. Cynthia Graham Howe, Master-in-Equity for Horry County
5:30 p.m. Carroll D. Padgett, Jr., Master-in-Equity for Horry County
5:50 p.m. Paul E. Rathbun, Master-in-Equity for Horry County
6:10 p.m. John L. Weaver, Master-in-Equity for Horry County
6:30 p.m. Honorable Olin Davie Jones Burgdorf, Master-in-Equity for Orangeburg County
6:50 p.m. Honorable Berry L. Mobley, Retired Family Court
7:10 p.m. Honorable Kenneth G. Goode, Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 8
Thursday, December 4, 2008 - Room 504, Blatt Building
9:00 a.m. Executive Session
9:15 a.m. Honorable G. Thomas Cooper, Jr., Circuit Court for the 5th Judicial Circuit, Seat 3
9:30 a.m. Honorable Roger M. Young, Sr., Circuit Court for the 9th Judicial Circuit, Seat 3
9:45 a.m. Honorable Carmen Tevis Mullen, Circuit Court for the 14th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2
10:00 a.m. Honorable Benjamin H. Culbertson, Circuit Court for the 15th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2
10:15 a.m. Honorable Rupert Markley Dennis, Jr., Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 2
10:30 a.m. Honorable Edward Walter Miller, Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 4
10:45 a.m. Honorable J. Mark Hayes, II, Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 5
11:00 a.m. Honorable Jesse Cordell Maddox, Jr. Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 7
11:15 a.m. Honorable J. Michelle Childs, Circuit Court, At-Large, Seat 9
11:30 a.m. Honorable Marvin F. Kittrell, Administrative Law Court, Seat 1
11:45 a.m. Honorable Marvin H. Dukes, III, Master-in-Equity for Beaufort County
12:00 p.m. Honorable Martin R. Banks, Master-in-Equity for Calhoun County
12:15 p.m. Lunch
12:45 p.m. Honorable Charles B. Simmons, Jr., Master-in-Equity for Greenville County
1:00 p.m. Honorable Gordon G. Cooper, Master-in-Equity for Spartanburg County
1:15 p.m. Honorable S. Jackson Kimball, III, Master-in-Equity for York County
Evaluation of Candidates by Commission Members
Note: This Agenda is subject to change.
Contact: Jane O. Shuler, Senate Counsel
Bradley S. Wright, House Counsel