Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Charleston, SC

Joshua Preston Stokes is an attorney and partner at the law firm of Stokes Legal, LLC, in Charleston, South Carolina. A skilled attorney with more than a decade of experience, Mr. Stokes practices family law and criminal defense, serving clients in Charleston, Mt. Pleasant, Moncks Corner, Summerville, and beyond. Over the course of his career, he has resolved many complex cases, and has argued before South Carolina municipal/magistrate courts, state Family and Circuit courts, and state appellate court as well as the United State District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Mr. Stokes provides exceptional, personalized legal services, with an understanding that legal issues can have major consequences for his clients.

Raised in Anderson, South Carolina, Mr. Stokes earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics with a minor in computer science from Presbyterian College. He received his law degree from Charleston School of Law, where he was a member of the inaugural class. He is qualified to appear before all South Carolina state courts and the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

At the onset of his legal career, Mr. Stokes spent a few years practicing at a private law firm before opening his own solo practice. He subsequently merged his solo practice with another attorney and formed McCoy & Stokes, LLC. McCoy & Stokes, LLC operated for almost a decade before Mr. Stokes’ law partner was appointed as the United States Attorney for South Carolina. At that time, Mr. Stokes reorganized his office and formed Stokes Legal, LLC.

An active contributor to his legal community, Mr. Stokes is a member of the Charleston County Bar Association, the Charleston Lawyers Club, the South Carolina Bar and the American Bar Association. He also stays engaged in his local community, having served on Town Council for the Town of James Island, the Session of James Island Presbyterian Church, the board of directors of the Charleston Men’s Chorus, and the Presbyterian College Alumni Board of Directors. Mr. Stokes lives on James Island with his three children.