Of Counsel · Marion, South Carolina
James “Jim” E. Brogdon Jr.
Circuit court judge for nine years. General counsel — and later interim president and CEO — of Santee Cooper. Jim has seen the law from every seat in the room — and now serves of counsel to Brogdon Law Group.
Experience
The road to this desk.
Jim has spent most of his legal career in Marion, South Carolina. After graduating from law school in 1977, he began his career with William H. Seals in a general practice that included personal injury and workers’ compensation matters. During those years he served on Marion City Council and as Marion County attorney.
In 1996 he was elected as a Circuit Court judge and served until 2005, when he became general counsel at Santee Cooper, retiring in 2014. He returned to Santee Cooper as interim president and CEO in 2017 and served in that role until 2019.
Jim now serves of counsel to Brogdon Law Group, focusing on complex injury and business litigation in Marion.
Current-practice transition language — wording pending confirmation
Approach
What Jim brings to it.
A judge’s perspective
Nine years on the circuit bench means he has decided the kinds of cases he now argues — he knows what persuades a courtroom because he ran one.
Counsel at every scale
From a Marion general practice to general counsel and CEO of a major utility: complex problems, plainly handled, at any size.
A career of public trust
City council, county attorney, the bench, the mediator’s chair — decades of being the person a community relies on to be fair.
Credentials
On the record.
Bar admissions
- South Carolina, 1977
- U.S. District Court, 1978
- U.S. Court of Appeals (4th Circuit), 1978
- U.S. Court of Appeals (Federal Circuit), 2013
Education
- University of South Carolina School of Law — J.D., 1977
- Wofford College — B.A., Economics, cum laude, 1974
- National Judicial College — Trial Judge Training, 1997
Skills & affiliations
- Certified Circuit Court Mediator for South Carolina
- Board of Trustees, SCETV Endowment
- University of South Carolina Law Alumni Council
- Board of Directors (Past Chairman), Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina
- First Presbyterian Church, Moncks Corner, S.C.
- Captain, U.S. Army Reserves — honorably discharged, 1988
Professional associations & memberships
- South Carolina Bar Association
- South Carolina Association for Justice
- Richland County Bar Association
- Florence County Bar Association
Talk with our team.
One conversation with Jim is enough to know whether Brogdon Law Group can help — and if not, you’ll hear that honestly.
No obligation created by reaching out. Phone number pending confirmation.