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The Honorable C. Tolbert Goolsby, Jr. (1935–)

The Honorable C. Tolbert Goolsby, Jr. (1935–)

Judge South Carolina Court of Appeals; Elected to the Court of Appeals at its inception in September 1983 and has served continuously as an Associate Judge until his retirement in 2007, then as a specially appointed judge after his retirement; Served as Acting Associate Justice with the South Carolina Supreme Court on several occasions; Served as Assistant Attorney General of South Carolina from 1962 to 1972; Deputy Attorney General of South Carolina from 1973 to 1983; and Chief Deputy Attorney General of South Carolina in 1983.

Born 1935 in Montgomery, Alabama.

Education: The Citadel, B.A., 1959; University of South Carolina School of Law, LL.B., 1962; University of Virginia, LL.M., 1992.