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Jennings B. Anderson

A Greenwood native, Jennings B. Anderson graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1999. After graduation, Mr. Anderson served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Negresti-Oas, Romania, where he taught high school English from 2000 to 2002. After getting a Master’s degree in International Studies from the University of South Carolina in 2004, Mr. Anderson attended the University of South Carolina School of Law, graduating in 2007. During law school, he was Student Works editor of the South Carolina Journal of International Law and Business.

Mr. Anderson joined Nicholson, Meredith, and Anderson in August 2007. The Anderson family has been part of the Greenwood legal community for more than sixty years. Jennings is the grandson of J. Perrin Anderson, who was an attorney before becoming the first judge of the Greenwood County Family Court, serving from 1956 to 1977, and the son of J. P. (Jim) Anderson, Jr., who practiced with the firm from 1974 to 2011.

Mr. Anderson’s practice areas include Family Court, estate planning (wills, powers of attorney, etc.), probate matters (estates, guardian and conservatorship cases), and personal injury. His primary practice area is Family Court, and he has experience with many different types of Family Court cases: separation, divorce, child custody, visitation, termination of parental rights, adoption, name changes, and Department of Social Services matters. Mr. Anderson has also served as a Guardian ad litem in both Family Court cases and Probate Court matters.

He is a member of the South Carolina Bar Association, Greenwood County Bar, and the South Carolina Association for Justice. When not practicing law, he enjoys reading, scuba diving, watching Gamecock sports, and spending time with his wife, Mary.