Background
Spears, Michael Eugene was born on June 21, 1949 in Columbia, South Carolina. Son of Vernon Alexander and Edna Elizabeth Spears.
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Michael Eugene Spears
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Bachelor of Science, University of Southern California, 1971; Juris Doctor, University of Southern California, 1977.
Career
Partner, Swofford, Turnipseed, Allen, Smith & Spears, Spartanburg, South Carolina., 1978-1979;
partner, Swofford & Spears, Spartanburg, 1979-1980;
partner, Swofford, Poliakoff & Spears, Spartanburg, 1980-1988;
partner, Howell and Spears, Spartanburg, since 1988. Member of the board commissioner Spartanburg County Public Defenders, 1979-1982. States Reorganization Commision on Prison Overcrowding, since 1983, subcommittee intensive supervision, since 1984.
Instructor legal internship program Converse College, 1978-1980.
Achievements
Membership
Member of committee to honor South Carolina. chief justice, Spartanburg, 1984. Chairman security and violence committee Hillbrook Neighborhood Association, Spartanburg, 1981-1982. President University of South Carolina.
New Carolinians, Spartanburg, 1981-1982. Member Mary Black Hospital Foundation, since 1987. Member American Bar Association, South Carolina.
Bar Association, Spartanburg County Bar Association (grievance committee 1984-1985, chairman entertainment and placques & memorials committees since 1987), Association Trial Lawyers American, South Carolina. Trial Lawyers Association, National Association College University Attorneys, Spartanburg Young Lawyers Association (chairman 1978-1979, vice Chairman.1981-1983), 7th Judicial Circuit (vice chairman general sessions committee 1984-1986), University of Southern California Alumni Council (vice president since 1988).
Connections
Married Eileen Denise Laughter, October 24, 1992. Children: Lauren Virginia, Michael Thomas.
