Mr Francis A. Humphries Jr. | Attorney

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About Francis

I graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1989. After serving one year as law clerk to the Honorable Randall T. Bell at the South Carolina Court of Appeals, I began my career in prosecution.
From 1990 to 1993, I served as an assistant solicitor in the Ninth Circuit (Berkeley County) on the Drug Strike Force where I prosecuted drug and drug related violent offenses. In 1993 through 1999, I prosecuted in the Eleventh Circuit (Lexington County) beginning as an assistant solicitor and then deputy solicitor for the circuit.
I prosecuted primarily violent crimes including murder and capital murder.
In 1999, I moved to Conway, South Carolina and I accepted the appointment of Deputy Solicitor for the Fifteenth Circuit (Horry and Georgetown Counties) where I served until December of 2009. In my career, I have successfully prosecuted over 100 murder cases including over 20 capital murder cases, many of which have been covered by national media. My focus over the last fifteen years was complex and major case litigation.
In January of 2010 after twenty years as a prosecutor, I entered private practice with the Monckton Law Firm focusing on criminal law and personal injury including wrongful death with a strong emphasis on litigation.

Experience

Chief Deputy Solicitor

15th Circuit (Horry and Georgetown Counties)

1999-2009

Deputy Solicitor

11th Circuit (Lexington County)

1996-1999

Assistant Solicitor

11th Circuit (Lexington County)

1993-1996

Assistant Solicitor

Drug Strike Force, 9th Circuit

1990-1993

Law Clerk to Hon. Randall T. Bell

South Carolina Court of Appeals

1989-1990

Admission

Verified U.S. District Court District of South Carolina

2010

Verified South Carolina

1989

Education

College of Charleston

B.S. (Psychology)

1983

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • National District Attorneys Association (NDAA),
    2009
  • Association of Government Attorneys in Capital Litigation (AGACL), Horry County Bar
    2009

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