Salley Huggins McIntyre was elected as the first female Family Court Judge in the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday afternoon.
Huggins was the City of Dillon’s first female mayor having served from 1999-2003.
Huggins is a partner at Greene & Huggins, P.A. She has served as the Associate Probate Judge in Dillon County from July 2009 to present.
She received her Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of South Carolina in 1991 and her Juris doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1995. She served as a law clerk for the Honorable James E. Lockemy from 1995-1996 and then joined Greene & Bailey, P.A. as an associate.
Huggins is a member of the Dillon County Bar; the Dillon Rotary Club, where she is a past-President and multiple Paul Harris Fellow; the Dillon County Economic Development Partnership; the Gordon Elementary School Improvement Council where she serves as chairman; the Welvista Pee Dee Advisory Board; and the South Carolina Women’s Lawyers Association.
She is a past member of the Dillon County Communities in Schools board; served as a char for Walk America and the Dillon County March of Dimes; served on the Dillon County United Way Board and the Piedmont Legal Services board; the South Carolina Paralegal Task Force, and the Dillon County Junior Charity League. She was also a member of the Human Rights Committee for the Marion/Dillon Board of Disabilities and Special Needs.
She has served as a pro bono attorney for the Dillon County Guardian ad Litem program and is currently the contract attorney. She also served as a member at East Elementary School, on the South Elementary School Improvement Council, is a member of the S.C. Young Lawyers Division (Citizens in Schools Project, Youth Court Project), and served as a mock trial coach.
She was voted Dillon County’s Best Lawyer in 2008. She also received the Elected Official Honor Award for leadership and dedication in the field of historic preservation in 2003. In 1998, she was Dillon County’s Young Career Woman.