John Cannon Few
John Cannon Few (born April 9, 1963) is an Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, elected on February 3, 2016 and sworn in on February 9, 2016, to fill the associate position vacated by Costa M. Pleicones on his ascension to Chief Justice (retiring chief justice Jean H. Toal left the court). Few is a graduate of Duke University, where he served as the athletic mascot, and the University of South Carolina School of Law, where here he was a member of The Order of Wig and Robe and The Order of the Coif. He also served as Student Works Editor of the South Carolina Law Review.
John Cannon Few | |
---|---|
Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court | |
Assumed office January 1, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Costa M. Pleicones |
Personal details | |
Born | Anderson, South Carolina, U.S. | April 9, 1963
Alma mater | Duke University University of South Carolina |
Few began his legal career as law clerk to The Honorable G. Ross Anderson, Jr., United States District Judge. He then went on to private practic, which he left in 2000 to serve as a trial judge on the Circuit Court of South Carolina. Few became Chief Judge of the South Carolina Court of Appeals in 2010, departing that position to join the South Carolina Supreme Court in 2016.
References
Sources
- Associate Justice John C. Few - South Carolina SUPREME COURT
- Chief Judge John C. Few South Carolina COURT OF APPEALS
Legal offices | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded by Costa M. Pleicones |
Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court 2016–present |
Incumbent |