Attorney Profile

Mr. Mills is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry, for his professionalism and ethics.

Practice areas

• Civil Rights Law
  
• Criminal Law
• Trial Practice
• Juvenile Law
• Drug Law
• Personal Injury Law
• Plaintiff's Trial Practice
• Appellate Practice

Admitted

• South Carolina, 1987
• U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina, 1988
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, 1989
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1994

Education

• University of South Carolina, J.D., 1986
  
• College of Charleston, B.A., 1980

Certifications

• Certified Mediator in State and Federal Courts
  

Office Location

J.Christopher Mills
2118 Lincoln Street
Columbia, SC 29202
Phone: 803-748-9533
Fax:       803-753-9123
Office Hours:
M-F 9:00am to 5:00pm

Associations and memberships

• Richland County Bar Association
• South Carolina Bar Association
• South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Sustaining Member)
• Federal Bar (South Carolina Chapter)

Representative cases

• Lucas v. Guyton, 901 F. Supp. 1047 (DCSC 1995)
• Turmon v. Jordan, 405 F.3d 202 (4th Cir. 2005)
• Gilliam v. Foster, 61 F. 3d 1070 (4th Cir. 1995)
• Gilliam v. Foster, 63 F. 3d. 287 (4th Cir. 1995)
• Gilliam v. Foster, 75 F. 3d 881 (4th Cir. 1996)
• Williams v. Benjamin, 77 F. 3d. 756 (4th Cir. 1996)
• Johnson v. City of Aiken, 278 F. 3d 133 (4th Cir. 2002)
• Smith v. South Carolina, 882 F. 2d 895 (4th Cir. 1989)
• Hill v.York County Sherriff Department, 313 S.C. 303, 437 S.E. 2d 179 (Ct.App. 1993)

Biographical details

• Law Clerk to the Honorable Luke N. Brown, Jr., Circuit Court Judge, South Carolina
• Lecturer on Civil Rights, South Carolina Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education Division