About Deirdre W.

Deirdre W. Edmonds constructed her legal basis on the University of South Carolina, where she completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1984 and went directly to earn a J.D. in 1987 from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Those years set the stage for a profession centered on estate administration, property and elder-law matters.

She entered personal practice right now following law school, joining Bellamy, Rutenberg, Copeland, Epps, Gravely & Bowers, P.A. in 1987. Over the next decade she developed practical knowledge in counsel work and court practice. In 1997 she moved to the Kathryn Cook DeAngelo Law Office, LTD, where she persisted representing clients on estate-related issues and related civil matters.

Her career took a judicial flip in 2002 when she served as a probate judge in Horry County. That role positioned her on the middle of nearby probate management and decision-making. The position gave her direct publicity to conservatorship petitions, estate administrations and the procedural demanding situations that often arise in elder-law disputes.

After the bench, Edmonds returned to private practice. She established the Law Office of Deirdre W. Edmonds PA and has maintained a practice that attracts on both her courtroom experience and her time as a judge. Colleagues and clients factor to her background in probate courts as a resource when instances involve property resolutions, will contests, fiduciary disputes and guardianship matters.

Edmonds stays involved in professional organizations that align with her practice areas. She holds club in the South Carolina State Bar and the Horry County Bar Association, and she is active in the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association. She has been affiliated with the South Carolina Probate, Estate Planning and Trust and the Elder Law Committee, and she has held club in the National College of Probate Judges and the South Carolina Association of Probate Judges. Those connections maintain her attuned to changes in state estate administration process and elder-law developments.

Her practice combines court familiarity, administrative experience and hands-on client work. Clients in Horry County and somewhere else flip to her for estate making plans, probate administration and elder-regulation things. She currently practices at the Law Office of Deirdre W. Edmonds PA, handling probate, estate making plans and elder-regulation things.

Education

University of South Carolina School of Law

J.D. (1987) | Law

1984

University of South Carolina - Aiken

B.A. (1984)

1984

Experience

Probate Judge

Horry County
2002

Lawyer

Kathryn Cook DeAngelo Law Office, LTD
1997

Lawyer

Bellamy, Rutenberg, Copeland, Epps, Gravely, & Bowers, P.A.
1987

Accepted Jurisdictions

South Carolina

Professional Associations

South Carolina State Bar

has membership Current

South Carolina Probate, Estate Planning and Trust and the Elder Law Committee

has membership Current

Horry County Bar Association

has membership Current

National College of Probate Judges

Former has membership Current

South Carolina Association of Probate Judges

Former has membership Current

South Carolina Women Lawyers Association

has membership Current

Office Locations

Main Office

 1500 Highway 17 North The Courtyard Suite 213 PO Box 16064 Surfside Beach SC 29575