TRAVIS MEDLOCK was born on August 28, 1934, the son of the Reverend Melvin K. Medlock and Mayne Dubose Medlock. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wofford College and holds the highest rating (AV) for professional competence and ethics extended by the respected national attorneys rating publication Martindale and Hubble . He has two sons, Tom and Glen, of his marriage to Laura Virginia Orr. As indicated above, Mr. Medlock has practiced law in his state since 1960 and among his clients have been: S.C. State Employment Security Commission (Employment Relations); Department of Juvenile Corrections (Employment Relations); Lander College (Employment Relations); Department of Transportation (General Trial Defense) S.C. Methodist Conference of the United Methodist Church; S.C. Lutheran Synod; S.C. Education Association (Chief Trial Attorney); S.C. Press Association; Central S.C. Chapter, Society of Professional Journalist; League of Women Voters of the U.S.; Business Women's Club of the U.S.' Equal Rights Amendment America; Republic Industries (Government Liaison Consultant to H. Wayne Huizenga and staff). Office of the S.C. State Attorney General Charles Condon (Consultant on Organized Gambling Issues); Home Finance, Inc. (Government Liaison with S.C. Office of Attorney General RE: Settlement of National Class Actions). Mr. Medlock has handled numerous adversarial administration hearing and tried cases in the state Court of Common Pleas and the Federal District Court; and argued in the State Supreme court and federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
As a Legislator, Mr. Medlock served on the Judiciary Committees of both the State Senate and the House of Representatives. Labeled by the media as a young Turk Legislator, he confronted the problems of hunger and racial discrimination head on and some of his aggressive reform efforts were covered by the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times and the Christian Science Monitor among other publications. As Attorney General, he was the father of the State Grand Jury System, a significant institutional change for crime control in his state. His appointment and hiring of minorities and women to key leadership positions was innovative and aggressive. On the Civil Rights Front, he pushed the Legislature for South Carolina's first Public Accommodations Act and issued the controversial official opinion that the Confederate Flag flew atop the Statehouse dome without legal authority.
In his spare time, Mr. Medlock enjoys doing things with his family, fishing, target shooting with pistols and playing touch football with the willing among his friends and associates.
University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina,
1989 L.L.B.United States Army Counter Intelligence School, Fort Holabird, MARYLAND, U.S.A,
1957 M.D.Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States Of America,
1985 L.L.D.
Honors: HonoraryWofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States Of America,
1956 A.B.
Honors: Phi Beta KappaFrancis Marion University, Florence, South Carolina, United States Of America,
1987 D.H.
Honors: HonoraryCollege of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Of America,
1992 D.H.
Honors: Honorary
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Staley Distinguished Christian Scholar Lecturer, Columbia College
Outstanding Young Men of America PublicationWho's Who in AmericaWho's Who in American PoliticsA National Scandal by Pulitzer Prize WinnerHonorary Member Phi Sigma Alpha (Political Science)Honorary Member Phi Alpha Delta (Law)SC Press Association Freedom of Information Award"Father" of SC State Grand Jury System, Honored in 2005 by Attorney General Henry Dargen McMaster
South Carolina Senate,
1973
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1977 Member, Judiciary CommitteeSociety of Attorneys General Emeritus MemberNational Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) South Carolina Bar Association American Association of Justice South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association Attorney General for the State of South Carolina,
1983
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1985 Chief Legal OfficerAttorney General for the State of South Carolina,
1983
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1985 Chief ProsecutorU.S. Attorney for South Carolina Special AssistantAssistant State Attorney General,
1962
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1963 Economic Development For South Carolina,
1975
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1976 Chairman, Governor's Sub CommitteeSouth Carolina Senate Member, Federal Relations CommitteeSouth Carolina State House of Representatives,
1965
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1973 Member, Judiciary CommitteeSouth Carolina State House of Representatives Member, Education CommitteeChildren and Youth,
1971
- Present
Chairman, President's CommitteeSouth Carolina Tri Centennial Commission,
1967
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1971 MemberSouth Carolina Education Association,
1973
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1983 Chief Trial AttorneyBB&T South Carolina Advisory Board (Regional Bank),
1995
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2005 MemberBB&T South Carolina Advisory Board (Regional Bank) Chairman Audit CommitteeBB&T South Carolina Advisory Board (Regional Bank) Chairman Wills and Trust CommitteeGoverning Board of South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy,
1983
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1985 Ex-OfficerU.S. for Army Reserves,
1957
- Present
Officer Counter Intelligence CorpsUnited Cerebral Palsy of South Carolina PresidentShandon United Methodist Church Chairman, Official BoardBoard of Visitors Winthrop College Alumni Board Wofford College Richland County Public Defender Executive BoardSouth Carolina Education Association Chief Trial AttorneyUnited Negro College Fund ChairmanColumbia Committee on Drug Control Bethlehem Community Center South Carolina Lutheran Synod Chief Trial Attorney
Birth Information:
1934
West Practice Categories:
Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Elder Law, Government Agencies & Programs, Class Actions, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice, Workers' Compensation Law