Caitlyn Caldwell

South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Educational Foundation

Participant - Richard Scott Joye Trial College

(2026-07-13 - 2026-07-21)

South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Educational Foundation

• Participated in an intensive, hands-on seminar focused on criminal trial advocacy.

Assistant Public Defender - Sixteenth Circuit Public Defender Office - York County

(2024-11)

• Represented indigent people charged in York County General Sessions Court.
• Litigated cases from bond hearing through resolution at trial or plea negotiations.

Litigation Associate Attorney - Richardson Plowden & Robinson, P.A.

(2024-06 - 2024-10)

• Represented government entities as appointed by insurance carriers in civil disputes in state and federal courts.
• Drafted motions, proposed orders, interrogatories, answers, requests for production, responses, and case reports.

Assistant Public Defender - Fifteenth Circuit Public Defender Office - Horry and Georgetown Counties

(2020-09 - 2024-04)

• Represented indigent individuals charged with felonies or misdemeanors with a penalty of one year or more in General Sessions Circuit Courts in Horry and Georgetown Counties.
• DUIDLA Participant.
• Two-time participant in Reese Joye Memorial DUI seminar.

Law Clerk - The Shealey Law Firm

(2020-01 - 2020-08)

• Drafted memoranda, motions, and briefs in criminal defense and plaintiff's personal injuries cases.

Law Clerk - Richland County Public Defender Office

(2019-05 - 2019-08)

Law Clerk - Richland County Public Defender Office

(2018-07 - 2018-09)

• Worked under multiple attorneys, researched applicable law, prepared trial binders, wrote motions and memoranda, observed a variety of court proceedings in Municipal, Magistrate, and General Sessions Courts.

Intern - Honorable Judge Mary Geiger Lewis

(2018-06 - 2018-06)

• Shadowed Judge Lewis who serves on the United States Federal District Court for South Carolina.
• Drafted prisoner pro se responses.

Law Clerk - South Carolina Department of Education

(2018-05 - 2018-06)

• Worked on hearings and cases involving unprofessional conduct and breach contract committed by teachers.
• Applied state, federal, and district education statutes and regulations.

Religion, Politics, and Conflict Intern - Religion, Politics, and Conflict Initiative at the University of Virginia

(2016-10 - 2017-05)

• Researched religious themes in political speeches and analyzed the effects on society.

First Amendment Intern - The Thomas Jefferson Center for Equal Protection of Free Expression

(2016-05 - 2016-08)

• Researched organizations, institutions, and individuals that inhibited the free expression provided by the First Amendment.
• Compiled annual muzzle "awards" to condemn the violations of The Constitution.
• Published for writing a brief essay on the philosophical aspects of hate speech in society.

Education Intern - The Alleghany Foundation

(2015-05 - 2015-08)

• Researched legislation to aid in the implementation of an educational plan that expanded the technical career program in high schools.
• Assisted in bringing Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program to my hometown.

Juris Doctor - University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law (2017-08 - 2020-05)

Bachelor of Arts - Government (American Theory) - University of Virginia (2013-08 - 2017-05)

Bachelor of Arts - Religious Studies (Christianity, Hinduism) - University of Virginia (2013-08 - 2017-05)

Minor - Philosophy - University of Virginia (2013-08 - 2017-05)