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2025 SCSCHS Annual MeetingThe South Carolina Supreme Court Historical Society’s Annual Meeting featuring a special presentation on Honoring the Legacy of James L. Petigru conducted its Annual Meeting on April 22, 2025, at the Supreme Court of South Carolina. At the meeting, the following were elected as the 2025-2026 South Carolina Supreme Court Historical Society officers: Megan Sweeney Seiner - President; Brad Waring President-Elect; Blaire Cann - Secretary; Mary Sharp – Treasurer; Roy Laney – Immediate Past President;. The following Board Members were elected for terms to continue until 2028: Nicholas Felix, Wallace Lightsey, Ron Scott, Mary Sharp, Dan Shearouse, Chaplin Spencer and Bob Wood.
The SC Supreme Court Historical Society’s Annual Meeting featuring a special presentation on The History of the SC Court of AppealsThe South Carolina Supreme Court Historical Society conducted its Annual Meeting on April 16, 2024, at the Palmetto Club in Columbia. At the meeting, retired Chief Judge James Lockemy moderated a program entitled, “The History of the South Carolina Court of Appeals.” Chief Judge (ret) Lockemy, Judge Bert Goolsby, Justice Kaye Hearn, and Chief Judge Bruce Williams made presentations on the creation and development of the Court of Appeals. Justice Hearn also spoke on the significant role of Judge Carol Conner, South Carolina’ first woman to serve as a circuit court and appellate court judge. At the meeting, the following were elected as the 2024-2025 South Carolina Supreme Court Historical Society officers: Roy Laney-President; Megan Sweeney Seiner- President Elect; Blaire Cann - Secretary; Brad Waring - Treasurer. The following Board Members were elected for terms to continue until 2027: Luther Battiste, Mitch Brown, Emma Dean and Julie Moose. The mission of the South Carolina Supreme Court Historical Society is to study, preserve, and collect the history of the courts, the judiciary, the legal profession, the judicial development of the rule of law, and judicial independence in South Carolina, as well as to educate the public about that history through publications, conferences, or other means. You may learn more about the Society at scschistory.org. |
Attendees enjoying the presentations. |
Retired Dean Rob Wilcox, Justice George C. James, and Justice D. Garrison Hill enjoying the presentation. All current members of the SC Supreme Court attended the event, along with several former members. |
Justice John Few, Chief Justice-Elect John Kittredge, and Chief Justice Don Beatty enjoyed the presentation. |
Retired Chief Judge James Lockemy moderated the Annual Meeting presentation. |
Retired Judge Bert Goolsby shared a personal story of the SC Court of Appeals. |
Retired Justice Kaye Hearn not only shared her insights of her days at the SC Court of Appeals, but remembered the late Judge Carol Connors’ contributions, as well. |
Chief Judge Bruce Williams provided remarks on the evolution and current practices of the SC Court of Appeals. |
Current and former members of the SC Court of Appeals. |
Retired Dean Rob Wilcox and Murrell Smith, Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives, share remarks. |
2024 Members of the SC Supreme Court Historical Society’s Bard of Directors. Roy Laney-President; Dan Shearouse; Blaire Cann-Secretary; Megan Seiner-President-Elect; Rob Wilcox, Retired Justice Kaye Hearn; Luther Battiste; and Lanny Lambert-Past President. |
With the approval of the Supreme Court, the South Carolina Supreme Court Historical Society in 2021 commissioned the repair and restoration of a portrait of South Carolina Court of Appeals Chief Justice John Belton O’Neall, which is a part of the Court’s portrait collection. The portrait of Chief Justice O’Neall had been significantly damaged at some point and had accumulated a significant layer of dirt over the past 177 years.