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John M. Reagle

 

The Tower at
1301 Gervais Street, Suite 900
PO Box 11367
Columbia, SC 29211-1367

 

Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:

 

(803) 254-4035
(803) 771-4422
jreagle@childs-halligan.net

Legal Assistant:
Chavon Thompson

E-mail

cthompson@childs-halligan.net


John was admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 1991 and to the South Carolina Bar in 1997. While in law school, he was a legal intern to North Carolina’s Chief Justice, The Honorable James G. Exum, Jr.

Prior to joining Childs & Halligan in 1997, John practiced in North Carolina in the areas of employment law, mental health law, commercial litigation and contracts, and complex civil litigation, in state and federal trial and appellate courts.

Practice Areas:

Appellate Practice
Education Law
Constitutional Law
Litigation

John’s work emphasizes complex litigation, special education, appellate practice, and federal regulation, especially Titles I, VI, VII, IX, and other civil rights statutes.

Specifically, John has been involved in a great deal of appellate work. He has been involved in litigation before the S.C. Supreme Court on charter school, student discipline, school finance, and constitutional law cases and litigation, and before the federal courts on special education, civil rights, and constitutional matters. He also provides special education, Section 504, and Title IX administrators with legal advice on matters before they become administrative claims.

Bar Admissions:

North Carolina, 1991
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1995
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina, 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1996
South Carolina, 1997
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1998

Education:

University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.A., History, with Distinction, 1986
Duke University, J.D., with Honors, M.A., Philosophy, 1991

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Bar Association
North Carolina Bar
South Carolina Bar 
Richland County Bar Association
NSBA Council of School Attorneys
SCSBA Council of School Attorneys

Personal Background:

John is a former member of the Columbia City Council's Citizen Advisory Committee. His wife is a professor in the English Department at the University of South Carolina. They have three children who attend school in Richland County School District One. John formerly served on the School Improvement Council at Brockman Elementary Montessori School.

Born: New York, New York, October 22

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