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After a decade on the South Carolina Supreme Court, John Cannon Few is returning to private practice as a sole practitioner in Columbia. He became the first sitting state Supreme Court justice in 133 years to not win reelection after exiting the race last year.
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Here are key takeaways:
- Few, 63, has opened a one-man office on Richland Street called John Cannon Few LLC, about a mile from the Supreme Court. He plans to take state and federal cases, civil and criminal, trial and appellate work.
- Few was in line to become chief justice but withdrew from his reelection bid the day before the vote after House Speaker Murrell Smith, R-Sumter, and other lawmakers rallied behind former House Speaker Jay Lucas. Lawmakers objected to Few’s role in decisions overturning a six-week abortion ban and striking down a mid-session legislative pay raise.
- Asked whether he regretted losing his seat and a shot at chief justice over those rulings, Few said no. “I consider it a badge of honor,” he told the newspaper.
- Rob Wilcox, a former dean of the USC Rice School of Law and historian of the S.C. Supreme Court Historical Society, called Few’s loss a “significant event” — the first time since 1893 a sitting justice did not win reelection.
- Few will continue teaching Advanced Evidence at the USC Rice School of Law, where he has taught since 2012. Five judges have filed for his open seat, with the election set for March 3.
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