
Contact Info
Andrew T. Potter
Adress: 500 E. Calhoun St, Anderson, SC 29621
Phone: 864.214.6233
Email: atpotter@potterlawsc.com
Qualifications
WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVOCACY CERTIFICATE—ISEA
Institute of Special Education Advocacy; William & Mary Law School, Williamsburg, Virginia; July, 2017.
NATIONAL JUVENILE DEFENDER CENTER—JTIP: Juvenile Training Immersion Program, Georgetown University, Washington, DC in June, 2016.
NATIONAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE COLLEGE, Mercer College, Macon, Georgia. Graduate of the Trial Institute in July, 2005.
Certified pursuant to SC Rule 421 as Lead Counsel for Death Penalty Cases.
Capital Law School Legal Clinic
Professional Licenses and Associations
Member of the South Carolina Bar—Admitted May 6, 1997, S.C. Bar # 13413.
Member of the Ohio Bar—Admitted November 8, 1993, Ohio Bar # 0061538.
Admitted to United States Southern District Court of Ohio—July 1, 1994.
Admitted to United States District Court of South Carolina—November 7, 1997, Bar #6925.
Admitted to Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals for United States—November 20, 1997.
Admitted to Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals for United States—November 12, 1997.
Admitted to United States Supreme Court—November 21, 1997.
Member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)
Member of the South Carolina Bar Association
Member of the South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (SCACDL)
Member of the National Association of Public Defenders (NAPD)
Member of the American Bar Association (ABA)
Member of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA)
Board Member for SCACDL, 2014 to present.
Board Member for Justice 360, 2016 to present.
Committee Member for the Juvenile Justice Committee, National Association of Public Defenders (NAPD), 2015 to present.
Committee Member for the Juvenile Justice Committee, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), 2015 to present.
10th Judicial Circuit Delegate for the South Carolina Bar House of Delegates, 2015 to present.
Committee Chairman for the Juvenile Justice Committee, South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (SCACDL), 2015 to present.
Appointed to the Anderson County Foster Care Review Board by Governor Nikki Haley, November, 2015 to July, 2016.
South Carolina Bar Association Mentor, January, 2016 to present.
South Carolina Bar Fee Dispute Investigator for the 10th Judicial Circuit, July, 2016 to present.
South Carolina Bar Judicial Qualifications Committee, July 2017 to present.
Special Agencies
- Anderson County Foster Care Review Board Member.
- Delegate, South Carolina Bar Association House of Delegates.
- Attorney Mentor, South Carolina Bar Association.
Associations & Memberships
- South Carolina Bar Association
- Ohio Bar Association
- Anderson County Bar Association
- Cincinnati Bar Association
Areas of Law
- Special Education
- Criminal – State and Federal and Juvenile
- Family Law
- Business
- Estate Administration