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South CarolinaFederal Crimes Lawyers in Beaufort County, South Carolina

While most criminal offenses are prosecuted in state court, the United States federal courts also have jurisdictions over certain types of criminal offenses.


In the federal courts in and around Beaufort County, South Carolina, the prosecuting attorneys with the United States Attorney's Office (USAO) prosecute criminal offenses.


Jurisdiction to prosecute the case within the federal criminal justice system can occur because the crime impacts interstate commerce, the crime occurred on land owned by the federal government or an Indian reservation, or the allegations involve a loss or harm to the federal government.


Criminal defense attorneys in federal court fight serious felony charges, minor federal offenses, petty felony offenses, and infractions.


Cases in the federal criminal justice system can include everything from tax evasion to drug or firearm charges, to civil rights violations.

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James Arthur Brown Jr

James Arthur Brown Jr
Law Offices of Jim Brown, P.A.
1600 Burnside St
Beaufort, SC 29901
Licensed for 28 years, James Arthur Brown Jr is a Marijuana Law and Criminal Defense lawyer who attended University of South Carolina Schoo... read more >

Clifford Bush III

Clifford Bush III
The Law Office of Clifford Bush, III
28 Old Jericho Road
Beaufort, SC 29906
Licensed for 24 years, Clifford Bush III is a Criminal Defense and Personal Injury lawyer... read more >

Larry Wayne Weidner II

Larry Wayne Weidner II
Mikell, Weidner, Wegmann & Harper, LLC
6 Professional Village Circle
Beaufort, SC 29907
Licensed for 28 years, Larry Wayne Weidner II is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Joshua Sabert Lowther

Joshua Sabert Lowther
National Federal Defense Group
915 Bay Street Suite 200
Beaufort, SC 29902
Licensed for 26 years, Joshua Sabert Lowther is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Samuel Christopher Bauer

Samuel Christopher Bauer
Bauer & Metro, PC
38 A New Orleans Rd
Hilton Head Island, SC 29938
Licensed for 32 years, Samuel Christopher Bauer is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Dudley Bradstreet Ruffalo

Dudley Bradstreet Ruffalo
The Law Office of Dudley Bradstreet Ruffalo, LLC
PO Box 7911
Hilton Head Island, SC 29938
Licensed for 42 years, Dudley Bradstreet Ruffalo is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Cory Howerton Fleming

Cory Howerton Fleming
Moss Kuhn & Fleming, PA
PO Box 507
Beaufort, SC 29901
Licensed for 30 years, Cory Howerton Fleming is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Christopher James Geier

Christopher James Geier
Christopher J. Geier, Attorney at Law, LLC
PO Drawer 1068
Beaufort, SC 29901
Licensed for 18 years, Christopher James Geier is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Charles B Macloskie

Charles B Macloskie
Macloskie Law Firm
PO Box 280
Beaufort, SC 29901
Charles B Macloskie is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Jared Sullivan Newman

Jared Sullivan Newman
Jared S. Newman, P.A.
One Professional Dr.
Port Royal, SC 29935
Licensed for 35 years, Jared Sullivan Newman is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Robert Vaux

Robert Vaux
Vaux & Marscher, PA
PO Box 769
Bluffton, SC 29910
Licensed for 52 years, Robert Vaux is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Kelly Mavourneen Maloy

Kelly Mavourneen Maloy
28 Cedars Edge Ct
Bluffton, SC 29910
Licensed for 27 years, Kelly Mavourneen Maloy is a Criminal Defense lawyer who attended Thomas Jefferson School of Law... read more >

Christopher W Lempesis Jr

Christopher W Lempesis Jr
PO Box 43
Beaufort, SC 29901
Christopher W Lempesis Jr is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

R Bruce Marshall Jr

R Bruce Marshall Jr
PO Box 2403
Beaufort, SC 29901
R Bruce Marshall Jr is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Helen Rose Roper Dovell

Helen Rose Roper Dovell
PO Box 525
Beaufort, SC 29901
Helen Rose Roper Dovell is a Criminal Defense and DUI / DWI lawyer... read more >

Ferebee Brown Ruffalo

Ferebee Brown Ruffalo
PO Box 7911
Hilton Head Island, SC 29938
Ferebee Brown Ruffalo is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Susan Irene Fitzgerald

Susan Irene Fitzgerald
PO Box 2657
Bluffton, SC 29910
Licensed for 26 years, Susan Irene Fitzgerald is a Criminal Defense and Family Law lawyer who attended Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law ... read more >

Kimberly Victoria Jordan

Kimberly Victoria Jordan
Fourteenth Circuit Public Defender
1905 Duke St.
,, SC 29902
Kimberly Victoria Jordan is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >

Matthew Lee Walker

Matthew Lee Walker
Fourteenth Circuit Public Defender
PO Box 525
Beaufort, SC 29901
Licensed for 20 years, Matthew Lee Walker is a Criminal Defense lawyer... read more >
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Nonprofit Legal Associations

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Founded in 1958, NACDL is the largest organization for criminal defense lawyers fighting to preserve fairness within America's criminal justice system. The organization has more than 10,000 direct members including criminal defense attorneys in private practice, public defenders in state or federal court, U.S. military defense counsel, law professors and judges.


South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

The SCACDL advocates for the criminal defense profession and sponsors Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminars throughout the year.


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