Andy Moorman - Greenville, SC

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 2001
    Juris Doctor
    Honors: Recipient of the Cali Award (for highest grade) for Legal and Equitable Remedies
    Law Review: South Carolina Law Review, Member

• Non Legal Education

  • Furman University, 1998
    B.A., Bachelor of Arts
    Honors: cum laude
    Major: Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

• Owner, Moorman Law Firm, LLC

Past Positions

• United States Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina, Assistant U.S. Attorney, 2009 - 2019
• 13th Circuit Solicitor's Office, Assistant Solicitor, 2002 - 2007
• The Honorable John C. Few, S.C. Circuit Court Judge for the 13th Judicial Circuit (currently Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court), Law Clerk, 2001 - 2002

Languages

• English (Primary)

• Spanish

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Professor, Masters of Public Administration, Clemson University, Administrative Law, 2011-2019
  
• "The Opioid Epidemic and Federal Law Enforcement's Response" (2019) - Presentation given to healthcare professionals on how the federal government is combating the opioid crisis
  
• "It's All A Game: Top Trial Lawyers Tackle Evidence" (2019 CLE sponsored by the S.C. Bar Association) - Presentation on being an effective advocate in evidentiary matters
  
• "A Baseline for Excellence in Prosecution" (2019) - Presentation given to all Assistant U.S. Attorneys in the District of South Carolina on how to investigate and prosecute complex federal cases
  
• "It's All A Game: Top Trial Lawyers Tackle Evidence" (2018 CLE sponsored by the S.C. Bar Association) - Presentation on the co-conspirator exemption to the hearsay rule
  
• "Opioid Prosecutions: State v. Federal" (2018) - Presentation on the advantages of prosecuting drug cases in federal court versus state court given to narcotics unit supervisors in state and local police departments from across the State of South Carolina
  
• "Defining Success for the Prosecution Team" (2018) - Presentation on how prosecutors and police can work together to more effectively investigate and target defendants
  
• "It's All A Game: Top Trial Lawyers Tackle Evidence" (2017 CLE sponsored by the S.C. Bar Association) - A presentation on F.R.E 613
  
• Greenville County Bar Association CLE (2017) - Presentation on how F.R.E. 613 and S.C.R.E. 613 are interpreted differently and on the process by which one introduces extrinsic evidence of an inconsistent statement
  
• Federal Bar Association's Annual Event: Introduction to Federal Practice (2016) - Presentation on the practice of criminal law in federal district court and a discussion of a few differences between practicing in federal district court and state general sessions court
  
• "It's All A Game: Top Trial Lawyers Tackle Evidence" (2016 CLE sponsored by the S.C. Bar Association) - A presentation on the application of the rules of evidence to body camera videos
  
• Greenville County Bar Association CLE (2016) - Presentation on the evidentiary challenges associated with body camera videos
  
• Greenville County Bar Association CLE (2016) - Participated in a panel with Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court John C. Few in a plenary session to discuss concepts associated with the importance of civility in the practice of law
  
• United States Probation Office Annual Guidelines Seminar, Greenville (2015) - Presentation on the importance of civility in the practice of law and recommendations for maintaining and improving civility between lawyers who participate in our adverbial system of justice
  
• South Carolina Solicitor's Association Annual Conference (2015) - Presentation on authentication pursuant to S.C.R.E. 901 and F.R.E. 901
  
• "It's All A Game: Top Trial Lawyers Tackle Evidence" (2015 CLE sponsored by the S.C. Bar Association) - A presentation on authentication of evidence pursuant to F.R.E. 901
  
• Criminal Interdiction Seminar, National Criminal Enforcement Association (2014) - Presentation on the application of the Fourth Amendment to traffic stops
  
• U.S. Attorney's Office Retreat (2014) - Participated on a panel of other Assistant U.S. Attorneys for the purpose of discussing obligations prosecutors have associated with the production of discovery
  
• South Carolina Solicitor's Association Annual Conference (2013) - A presentation on the challenges associated with the authentication of Facebook and other social media evidence
  
• South Carolina Solicitor's Association Annual Conference (2013) - A presentation entitled the "Anatomy of a Traffic Stop"

Pro Bono Activities

• Den Leader, Pack 259, 2013 - 2018
• Merit Badge Counselor, Troop 925, 2019 - Present

Representative Clients

• United States of America

• State of South Carolina

Representative Cases

• United States v. Thomas, 773 Fed. Appx. 750 (4th Cir. 2019)
• United States v. Crawley, 760 Fed. Appx. 241 (4th Cir. 2019)
• United States v. Guerrero-Deleon, 713 Fed. Appx. 163 (4th Cir. 2017)
• United States v. Guerra-Telon, 594 Fed. Appx. 149 (4th Cir. 2015)
• United States v. Lipscombe, 571 Fed. Appx. 198 (4th Cir. 2014)
• United States v. Calderon, 554 Fed Appx. 143, 145 (4th Cir. 2014)
• United States v. Martinez-Turcio, 494 Fed. Appx. 354 (4th Cir. 2012)
• United States v. Rodriguez-Ornelas, 456 Fed. Appx. 228 (4th Cir. 2011)
• Ex parte Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc., 369 S.C. 69, 631 S.E. 2d 86 (2006)

Bar Admissions

• South Carolina
• Kentucky
• U.S. District Court District of South Carolina
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• Greenville County Bar (Member)
• South Carolina Bar, 2001 - Present (Member)
• Kentucky Bar, 2002 - Present (Member)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Sigma Nu