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Meet Amy McCulloch
Judge Amy McCulloch graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1987. She attended the University of South Carolina School of Law, graduating in May of 1990, and was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in November of 1990.
Judge McCulloch began her legal career as a law clerk for Judge Thomas Ervin, State Circuit Judge and Judge William Catoe, Federal Magistrate. In
1991, she became an Assistant Solicitor for Richland County. She worked as a prosecutor at the Richland County Solicitor’s Office until December of 1996, when she entered the private practice of law with her husband. During this time Judge McCulloch was also an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Carolina and Midlands Technical College teaching courses in business law, civil law, criminal law, and ethics.
Judge McCulloch was elected to her first term and was sworn in as the Probate Judge for Richland County in January of 1999. Since that time, she has worked to make the probate office more accessible to the public including the creation of a website for the Richland County Probate Court that allows public access to information and forms needed to probate estates through the Internet. She served as President of the South Carolina Association of Probate Judges from October of 2002 though 2003. She is also a member of the South Carolina Association of Counties and the National College of Probate Judges, and is frequently called upon to interact with the General Assembly in law making efforts.
In 2003, Judge McCulloch assisted in and supported the creation of the Richland County Mental Health Court to allow individuals arrested for a non-violent crime and diagnosed with a mental illness to be diverted from incarceration into intensive supervision and treatment. Judge McCulloch oversees the operation of the Mental Health Court in Richland County which now accepts clients from Magistrate Courts and General Sessions. Current statistics show that 76% of Mental Health Court graduates have not been re-arrested or admitted for emergency treatment. In 2006, Judge McCulloch received the “Heroes in the Fight” award from Mental Health America of South Carolina for her efforts with the mentally ill in our community.
Judge McCulloch has been a frequent lecturer and instructor for the South Carolina Court Administration, Mandatory School for New Probate Judges and Magistrates and for the South Carolina Bar Bridge the Gap mandatory sessions for new lawyers. She serves on the Board for Midlands Technical College Legal Division and is Co-Chair of Partners in Crisis.
Judge McCulloch is married to Joseph M. McCulloch, Jr., an attorney, and they have one son, Matthew McCulloch who is currently a sophomore at Dreher High School. They attend Shandon Methodist Church.
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