Robert Bryan Harwell

Robert Bryan Harwell (born June 4, 1959) is the Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Robert Bryan Harwell
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Assumed office
February 28, 2019
Preceded byTerry L. Wooten
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Assumed office
June 30, 2004
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byCharles Weston Houck
Personal details
Born
Robert Bryan Harwell

(1959-06-04) June 4, 1959
Florence, South Carolina
EducationClemson University (B.A.)
University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D.)

Education and career

Born in Florence, South Carolina, Harwell received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Clemson University in 1980 and a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1982. He was in the South Carolina Army National Guard from 1987 to 1992, and was a law clerk to Judge G. Rodney Peeples of State of South Carolina Judicial Department in 1983, and to Judge George Ross Anderson Jr. of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina from 1983 to 1984. He was in private practice in Florence from 1984 to 2004.

Federal judicial service

On January 20, 2004, Harwell was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina vacated by Charles Weston Houck. Harwell was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 24, 2004, and received his commission on June 30, 2004. He became Chief Judge on February 28, 2019 after Terry L. Wooten assumed senior status.

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Charles Weston Houck		 Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
2004–present		 Incumbent
Preceded by
Terry L. Wooten		 Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
2019–present
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