Background
King, Kermit S. was born on December 20, 1930 in Cameron, South Carolina, United States.
King, Kermit S. was born on December 20, 1930 in Cameron, South Carolina, United States.
University of South Carolina (Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, 1958).
Worked at King & Vernon, P.A. (Columbia, South Carolina) specializing in Family Law, Business Litigation, Tort Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1958, South Carolina. United States. Supreme Court, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fourth and Fifth Circuits and United States.
District Court, District of South Carolina. Member, Society of Wig and Robe.
Author: "A Study of Rule 35 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure," South Carolina Law Quarterly, Volume 11, p. 183; "Fair Trial-Free Press, A Case in Point for the Defense," Transcript, South Carolina Bar Association newsletter, March, 1967.
"The Four Column System," South Carolina (U.S.) Trial Lawyer Bulletin, Spring 1990.
"The Object Is to Object Without Being Objectionable," South Carolina (U.S.) Trial Lawyer Bulletin, Winter 1990. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, (Family Law Section, 1983). Special Circuit Judge by appointment of Governor on Recommendation of Chief Justice, 1967.
1972.
1976. Secretary, South Carolina Supreme Court"s Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline, 1967-1970. Chairman, Special Committee on Number Fault Insurance, South Carolina Bar Association, 1970-1972. Special Trial Advocacy Lecturer, University of South Carolina Law School, 1972.
Governor"s Appointee to Special Committee to Study Auto Insurance Reform Legislation, 1973-1974.
Chairman of the first Matrimonial-Family Law Specialization Advisory Board by appointment of the South Carolina Supreme Court, 1982-1983. Member: Richland County (Chairman, Grievance Committee, 1967-1968) and American Bar Associations.
South Carolina Bar (Member: Board of Governors, 1979-1982. Trial and Appellate Advocacy Committee, 1979).
South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1973).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. American Board of Trial Advocates.
Member, Society of Wig and Robe.