Donald Beatty | |
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Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court | |
Assumed office January 1, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Costa M. Pleicones |
Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court | |
Assumed office May 23,2007 | |
Preceded by | E. C. Burnett III |
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 31st district | |
In office 1991–1994 | |
Preceded by | Tee Ferguson |
Succeeded by | Brenda Lee |
Personal details | |
Born | Spartanburg,South Carolina,U.S. | April 29,1952
Political party | Democratic |
Education | South Carolina State University (BA) University of South Carolina,Columbia (JD) |
Donald Wayne Beatty (born April 29,1952) is the chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court and a former South Carolina state court judge and state representative. [1]
Beatty was born in Spartanburg,South Carolina on April 29,1952 to Arthur and Ruth Beatty. He graduated from South Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974,and University of South Carolina with a Juris Doctor degree in 1979. [2] Beatty married Angela D. Chestnut on February 23,1985. They have three children. [2]
Beatty served as a member of the Spartanburg city council from 1988 to 1990,and served two terms in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1991 to 1994 representing the 31st district. [2]
Beatty was elected to a seat on the South Carolina Supreme Court on May 23,2007,to replace Justice E. C. Burnett,III. [3] He became the chief justice on January 1,2017.
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