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Thomas Sumter Tisdale Jr. — Attorney

Charleston, SC— Mr. Thomas Sumter Tisdale Jr. is being recognized by Continental Who’s Who as a Distinguished Attorney for his contributions to the legal field.

Mr. Tisdale earned a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences from the University of South Carolina, in 1961. He received a Doctor of Jurisprudence at the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1964. Mr. Tisdale is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of South Carolina, the Supreme Court of the United States, and the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.

Mr. Tisdale has worked at his private practice, The Law Offices of Thomas S. Tisdale LLC., and has been the owner and publisher of Home House Press since 2010. Mr. Tisdale was a lawyer with Hellman, Yates, and Tisdale from 2013 to 2021, and a partner with Nexsen Pruet from 2004 to 2013 prior to opening his own practice. Mr. Tisdale garnered further experience at Young, Clement, Rivers and Tisdale as a partner and founder from 1964 to 2004.

Mr. Tisdale is a successful author, publishing “Carolina Sunrise” in 2016; “Truth in Cold Blood, A play in Three Acts” in 2013; and “A Lady of the High Hills: Natalie Delage Sumter” in 2001.

The attorney has served as the youngest president of the South Carolina State Bar Association and is a member of the Historical Society of the Supreme Court of South Carolina; the Preservation Society of Charleston; the General Society of Colonial Wars; and is the Officer of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Mr. Tisdale has worked in the field of law for 58 years.

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