Hartsville attorney to serve on Presbyterian College board
Cody T. Mitchell, a Hartsville attorney, has been elected to serve on the Presbyterian College Board of Trustees.
Mitchell serves as a partner in the firm of Lucas, Warr, White, & Mitchell in Hartsville, S.C., and practices with his mentor, S.C. House of Representatives Speaker Jay Lucas.
Mitchell’s practice focuses on the areas of personal injury, criminal defense, general litigation, family court and real estate. He devotes 98 percent of his practice to litigation.
Mitchell is a native of Bethune, S. C., and is currently a resident of Hartsville.
He is a 2008 distinguished military graduate and cum laude graduate of PC, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in history and business administration. While attending PC, Mitchell served as student body president, ROTC Battalion Commander, and president of his fraternity, Kappa Alpha Order.
Mitchell graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2011 and distinguished himself as a member of the Moot Court, Order of Barristers, and captain of the ABA National Moot Court team. He also served as vice president of the University of South Carolina School of Law Student Bar Association.
In addition to his civil practice, Mitchell serves as a municipal court judge for the Town of Bethune, S.C., and the City of Hartsville, S.C., and a captain (military prosecutor) in the South Carolina Army National Guard.
Mitchell’s awards include being named the 2016 Presbyterian College Outstanding Young Alumnus, 2017 the University of South Carolina School of Law Compleat Lawyer Award, and the Kappa Alpha Order Graves’ Province Court of Honor.
He also received the Army Commendation Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster, Army Achievement Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster, Army Reserve Components Achievement Ribbon, National Defense Ribbon, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon and the Army Parachutist Badge.
Mitchell is a member of the American Bar Association, South Carolina Bar, Darlington County Bar, South Carolina Association for Justice, American Association for Justice, and the South Carolina Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers.
He currently serves on the Board of Governors for the South Carolina Association of Justice and as chairman for the South Carolina Bar Military & Veteran Law Section, board member of the South Carolina Bar Foundation, board member of the South Carolina Supreme Court Historical Society, member for the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Appleseed Fund for Legal Justice, member of the Executive Council of South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division, and chairman of the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division Military Support Committee.
He is also admitted to practice in all South Carolina State courts, United States District Court of South Carolina and United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
Mitchell currently serves as a board member and volunteer legal counsel for the Darlington County Habitat for Humanity Board and South Carolina Lion Vision Services.
He serves as a staff member for the American Legion’s annual Palmetto Boys State, as president of the Bethune Lions Club and zone chair for Zone Five of the South Carolina Lions District 32-C.
Mitchell is a member of the Hartsville Rotary Club, Hartsville Kiwanis Club, Lynchwood AFM Lodge No. 197and Harmony Baptist Church.
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