John D. Geathers b. April 10, 1961 at Georgetown, S.C.; s. John H. and Gardenia (Graham) Geathers; g. University of South Carolina, B.A., 1983; University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1986; m. Doris Williams; two children, Lydia Kaden and John Samuel Douglas; admitted to South Carolina Bar, 1986 and North Carolina State Bar, 1992; Senior Staff Counsel, Office of Senate Research, 1987-1995; elected to South Carolina Administrative Law Court seat no. 4 May 25, 1994 and served continuously until July 30, 2008; elected to South Carolina Court of Appeals seat no. 3 May 21, 2008, to fill the unexpired term of John W. Kittredge, who was elected to the South Carolina Supreme Court; qualified July 31, 2008.

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