Gammons joins law school faculty, staff
Also serves as acting director of Office of Diversity Initiatives
CHARLESTON, S.C., Feb. 9, 2009 - - South Carolina native Debra J. Gammons has joined the Charleston School of Law as acting director of the Office of Diversity Initiatives and as a visiting professor, Dean Andy Abrams announced today.
"Debra has extensive trial experience and is constantly working for positive change in the community," Abrams said. "She is a wonderful addition to our already outstanding faculty and staff."
Gammons, who most recently served for 11 years as assistant city attorney for Greenville is teaching trial advocacy this semester in addition to her duties to expand diversity at the law school.
"I am excited about returning to the Lowcountry; excited about being a part of this prestigious institution," she said. "I'm excited about reaching out to future law students and encouraging them to join this honorable profession that serves the people."
A graduate of Summerville High School, Gammons was student government president at the College of Charleston, from which she received her bachelor's degree in 1987. She received law degree in 1992 from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where she served as president of the student Bar and associate justice of the Craven Moot Court Team.
After law school, Gammons served as an assistant solicitor for the Ninth Judicial Circuit in Charleston. Later she moved to Greenville where she worked in private practice until joining the City Attorney's Office.
Gammons is active in the community. She serves on the S.C. Supreme Court Commission on Lawyer Conduct and is a member of the S.C. Bar House of Delegates. She has taught "Law and Society" at the South Carolina Governor's School at the College of Charleston since 1993. She is a past member of the Board of Trustees of the College of Charleston, the South Carolina Bar Board of Governors, and a past president of the Greenville County Bar Association. Until her move back to Charleston, Gammons served as judge for Youth Court and regional coordinator for the South Carolina Bar High School Mock Trial Competition; Gammons was on the Crime Stoppers Board and the Greenville Technical College Paralegal Advisory Board.
- More information: Andy Brack, 843.670.3996