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Currie, Cameron McGowan
Born 1948 in Florence, SC
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
Nominated by William J. Clinton on January 27, 1994, to a seat vacated by Falcon B. Hawkins. Confirmed by the Senate on March 10, 1994, and received commission on March 11, 1994. Assumed senior status on October 3, 2013.
Other Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Magistrate, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, 1984-1986
Education:
University of South Carolina, B.A., 1970
George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1975
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Arthur L. Burnett, U.S. Magistrate, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 1973-1974
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1975-1978
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1978-1980
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of South Carolina, 1980-1984
Private practice, Columbia, South Carolina 1986-1989
Adjunct professor of law, University of South Carolina Law Center, 1986-1989
Chief deputy attorney general, State of South Carolina, 1989-1994
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