Garland Tolbert
Defense attorney
Twenty minutes into a first meeting, most people want to know one thing: what happens next. Garland tells them, in order, and writes it down.
Garland grew up in Moncks Corner and started out working the docket in a public defender's office, where he learned that most cases turn on paperwork somebody didn't read.
He opened his own practice so he could take fewer cases and follow each one himself. He keeps three offices because his clients live in three different places, and a court date shouldn't mean a long drive just to see your lawyer.
He takes assault, juvenile and record-clearing cases, and sends everything else to lawyers he trusts.
What he takes
- Assault charges
- Juvenile charges
- Clearing a record
Bar, courts and schooling
Bar admissions
South Carolina
2006
Courts
U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
2008
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
2012
Education
J.D., Charleston School of Law
2006
B.A., History, College of Charleston
2003
Languages
English
How he works
How Garland handles a file
He answers his own phone
Calls go to Garland or to a voicemail he checks between hearings.
He reads everything
Every report, video and statement in your file, before he gives you advice.
You decide
He tells you the choices and the risks. Whether to take a deal is up to you.
Sit down with Garland
Choose Broad Street, Rivers Avenue or South Main. The first half hour is free.
Any fee and costs are agreed in writing before work starts.