Margaret B. Seymour Explained

Margaret B. Seymour
Office:Co-General Counsel for the Charleston County School District
Term Start:October 14, 2022
Office1:Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Term Start1:January 16, 2013
Term End1:August 31, 2022
Office2:Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Term Start2:January 3, 2012
Term End2:January 16, 2013
Predecessor2:David C. Norton
Successor2:Terry L. Wooten
Office3:Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Term Start3:October 22, 1998
Term End3:January 16, 2013
Appointer3:Bill Clinton
Predecessor3:William Byrd Traxler Jr.
Successor3:Bruce Howe Hendricks
Office4:Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Term Start4:1996
Term End4:1998
Office5:United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina
Acting
Term Start5:January 1996
Term End5:May 1996
President5:Bill Clinton
Successor5:J. Rene Josey
Term Start6:April 1993
Term End6:May 1993
President6:Bill Clinton
Predecessor6:John S. Simmons
Birth Name:Margaret Louise Beane Seymour
Birth Date:16 January 1947
Birth Place:Washington, D.C., U.S.
Spouse:Joseph D. Shine
Education:Howard University (BA)
American University (JD)

Margaret Louise Beane Seymour (born January 16, 1947) is an American lawyer who is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Education and career

Born in Washington, D.C., Seymour received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard University in 1969 and a Juris Doctor from Washington College of Law at American University in 1977. She was an equal opportunity specialist for the United States Department of Health, Education & Welfare from 1972 to 1979, and for the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1979 to 1980. She was an attorney in the Office of Civil Rights of the United States Department of Education from 1980 to 1988. She was in private practice from 1988 to 1990. She was an Assistant United States Attorney of the District of South Carolina from 1990 to 1996, serving as the United States Attorney (interim) for that district from 1993 to 1996.

Federal judicial service

Seymour was a United States magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina from 1996 to 1998. On September 9, 1998, Seymour was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the District of South Carolina vacated by William Byrd Traxler Jr.. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 21, 1998, and received her commission on October 22, 1998. On January 3, 2012, she became chief judge, serving as such until she took senior status on January 16, 2013. She retired on August 31, 2022.

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