Background
Fairey, W. Gaston was born on May 19, 1950 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Fairey, W. Gaston was born on May 19, 1950 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
University of South Carolina (Bachelor of Arts, 1971. Juris Doctor, 1974).
Worked at Fairey, Parise & Mills, P.A. (Columbia, South Carolina) specializing in Complex Litigation, Appellate Practice, Class Actions Law, Divorce, Family and Domestic Relations, Civil Rights, Criminal Law, Drug, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death, Juvenile, Plaintiffs Trial Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1974, South Carolina. 1980, United States. District Court, District of South Carolina.
1983, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. 1984, United States. Supreme Court. 1990, United States. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit.
Associate Author: with Professor William South. McAninch, The Criminal Law of South Carolina, Continuing Legal Education Division of the South Carolina Bar, 1st Education, 1982, 2d Education, 1989, 3rd.
1996. Instructor: Defense Clinic, University of South Carolina Law School, 1976-1978. National College of Criminal Defense, Houston, Texas, 1980-1983.
National Criminal Defense College, Mercer College of Law, 1985. National Judicial College, 1990.
Lecturer, South Carolina Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education Division.
Member: South Carolina Bar (Vice-Chairman, Criminal Law Section, 1984-1985. Chairman, 1986-1987; Chairman, Penal Modernization Committee, 1984-1985). First Amendment Lawyers Association.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Chairman, Prisoner"s Rights Committee, 1987).
South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association. Fairey, Parise, Mills, P.A. was originally founded in 1980 by West. Gaston Fairey, a former Richland County Public Defender.
Sandra R. Parise and Mr. Fairey became partners in 1981 and J. Christopher Mills became a shareholder in 1993.
Associate, Rochelle Romosca McKim, joined the firm in 1994.
The firm"s principals frequently lecture on criminal, civil rights and family law topics for the Bar and the Judiciary. The firm serves the entire State of South Carolina and surrounding states and has represented clients before the United States Court of Appeals (4th and 11th Circuits) and the United States Supreme Court.
Member: South Carolina Bar (Vice-Chairman, Criminal Law Section, 1984-1985. Chairman, 1986-1987; Chairman, Penal Modernization Committee, 1984-1985). First Amendment Lawyers Association.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Chairman, Prisoner"s Rights Committee, 1987).
South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association.