Hon. R. Ferrell Cothran

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R. Ferrell Cothran Jr.



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South Carolina 3rd Circuit Court
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends

2028



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Education



Bachelor's

University of South Carolina, 1974




Law

University of South Carolina, 1977







Contents

1 Education
2 Career
3 See also
4 External links
5 Footnotes





R. Ferrell Cothran, Jr. is a circuit court judge for the Third Judicial Circuit in South Carolina.[1] He was elected to the court by the South Carolina General Assembly on February 15, 2006, and assumed office on October 2, 2006.[2] He was re-elected in 2022.[3][4]

Education
Cothran received his undergraduate degree from the University of South Carolina in 1974 and his J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1977.[2]

Career
Prior to joining the court, Cothran practiced law at his firm of Cothran, Chandler & Cothran, which became the firm of Cothran & Cothran in the early 1980s. He also previously served as a county attorney and later as the assistant solicitor for Clarendon County from 1979 until his election to the court in 2006.[2]

See also
Courts in South Carolina
South Carolina Circuit Courts
Judicial selection in South Carolina
External links
South Carolina Judicial Department: Circuit Map
South Carolina Judicial Department: Judge R. Ferrell Cothran, Jr. Biography
Footnotes






? South Carolina Judicial Department, "Circuit Court Judges: Circuit 3," accessed July 1, 2016

? Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 South Carolina Judicial Department, "Judge R. Ferrell Cothran, Jr. Biography," accessed July 1, 2016

? State of South Carolina, "Terms of Judges," June 6, 2016

? South Carolina Judicial Branch, "Judicial Elections," February 2, 2022







South Carolina courts


Federal courts:
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of South Carolina • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of South Carolina
State courts:
South Carolina Supreme Court
• South Carolina Court of Appeals
• South Carolina Circuit Courts
• South Carolina Masters-in-Equity
• South Carolina Family Courts
• South Carolina Magistrate Courts
• South Carolina Municipal Courts
• South Carolina Probate Courts
State resources:
Courts in South Carolina • South Carolina judicial elections • Judicial selection in South Carolina





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