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Appointed by President George H.W. Bush to the United States District Court for South Carolina in 1990, Dennis W. Shedd has served as a federal jurist for more than a decade following nearly twenty years of legal practice and public service. Judge Shedd graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wofford College in 1975, received a juris doctor from the University of South Carolina in 1978, and received a Masters of Laws from Georgetown University in 1980.
From 1978 through 1988, Judge Shedd served in a number of different capacities in the United States Senate including Counsel to the President Pro Tempore and Chief Counsel and Staff Director for the Senate Judiciary Committee. Upon leaving the Senate staff in 1988, Judge Shedd became of counsel in the firm of Bethea, Jordan & Griffin while simultaneously maintaining his own Law Offices of Dennis W. Shedd.
From 1989 to 1992, Judge Shedd was an adjunct professor of law at the University of South Carolina. While serving in his current capacity as a United States District Court Judge for the District of South Carolina, Judge Shedd has been a member of the Judicial Conference Committee on the Judicial Branch and its subcommittee on Judicial Independence. Judge Shedd is actively involved in community activities in his home of Columbia, South Carolina including his participation helping to organize and promote drug education programs in the local public schools.