Top Rated DUI-DWI Attorney in Charleston, SC

Thurmond Kirchner & Timbes, P.A.

| 15 Middle Atlantic Wharf, Charleston, SC 29401

Visit: https://www.tktlawyers.com

Phone: 843-937-8000

Fax: 843-937-4200

Selected To Super Lawyers: 2016 - 2020
Selected To Rising Stars: 2012 - 2015

Licensed Since: 2002

Education: University of South Carolina School of Law

Practice Areas:

Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI (60%),
Criminal Defense (20%),
General Litigation (10%),
Criminal Defense: White Collar (10%)

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Attorney Profile

Paul R. Thurmond is a criminal defense attorney in Charleston, SC with more than a decade of experience in criminal law, including DUI, drug, assault and white collar crimes. Paul is a founding partner in the law firm of Thurmond Kirchner & Timbes, leading its criminal law practice. With courtroom experience from both sides of the aisle, Paul has served as an assistant solicitor in Charleston, SC; an adjunct professor at the College of Charleston; prosecutor for the City of North Charleston, State Senator; and Municipal Court Judge. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and the University of South Carolina School of Law.

Practice Areas

Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI (60%): DUI/DWI

Criminal Defense (20%): Arrest & Arraignment, Assault & Battery, Criminal Law, Drug & Alcohol Violations, Expungement, Misdemeanor, Criminal Domestic Violence

General Litigation (10%)

Criminal Defense: White Collar (10%): White Collar Crime

Focus Areas

DUI/DWI, Arrest & Arraignment, Assault & Battery, Criminal Law, Drug & Alcohol Violations, Expungement, Misdemeanor, Criminal Domestic Violence, White Collar Crime

Selections

Super Lawyers: 2016 - 2020 Rising Stars: 2012 - 2015

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About Paul Thurmond

Admitted: 2002, South Carolina

Professional Webpage: https://tktlawyers.com/our-team/paul-r-thurmond-criminal-def...

Honors/Awards:

Super Lawyers “Rising Stars”, 2018
Super Lawyers “Rising Stars”, 2017
South Carolina Super Lawyers, 2016
Compleat Lawyer Award, 2016
Super Lawyers “Rising Stars”, 2015
Top 100 Trial Attorney, 2015
Super Lawyers “Rising Stars”, 2014
Super Lawyers “Rising Stars”, 2013
Super Lawyers “Rising Stars”, 2012
Forty Under Forty by the Charleston Business Journal , 2009

Bar/Professional Activity:

Municipal Court Judge - Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, 2019
South Carolina State Senator: Paul Thurmond was elected as a state senator representing District 41, which includes over 70,000 constituents covering both Charleston and parts of Dorchester County, and is currently serving a four year term., 2012
Charleston County Council, Elected Vice-Chairman, 2009
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Charleston County Council, 2006
District Court of South Carolina
South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
South Carolina Bar Association
Charleston County Bar Association
South Carolina, 2002

Pro bono/Community Service:

Sworn in as Municipal Court Judge , 2019
Riley Institute Diversity Fellow
Rotary of St. Andrews
Member of East Cooper Baptist Church
Chairman of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee, served on CARTA, the Council of Governments, the Charleston County Aviation Authority, and the Magistrates Oversight Committee
Thurmond survived the ballot fiasco to win convincingly the South Carolina Senate District 41 seat, 2012
Thurmond was elected to Charleston County Council, 2006

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