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DeAndrea Gist Benjamin

DeAndrea Gist Benjamin

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1972 in Columbia, SC

FJC ID: 13233251

DeAndrea Gist Benjamin (née DeAndrea Donale Gist; born October 4, 1972) is an American lawyer serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She previously served as a judge of the South Carolina Circuit Court for the Fifth Judicial Circuit.

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Gender
Female
Race
African American

Prior employment

  1. South Carolina Circuit Court, Fifth Judicial Circuit
    South Carolina Circuit Court, Fifth Judicial Circuit
    Judge · 2011–2023
  2. Private practice, Columbia, South Carolina
    2001–2011
  3. City of Columbia [South Carolina] Municipal Court
    Judge · 2004–2011
  4. South Carolina Board of Juvenile Parole
    Member · 2001–2004
    • ↳vice chair · 2002–2003
  5. State of South Carolina
    State of South Carolina
    Assistant attorney general · 1999–2001
  6. Juvenile/Family Court Division, Fifth Judicial Circuit, South Carolina
    Juvenile/Family Court Division, Fifth Judicial Circuit, South Carolina
    Assistant solicitor · 1998–1999
  7. South Carolina Circuit Court, Fifth Judicial Circuit
    South Carolina Circuit Court, Fifth Judicial Circuit
    Law clerk , Hon. L. Casey Manning · 1997–1998

Appointments

  1. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
    2023–present · Appointed by Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)

Education

  1. University of South Carolina School of Law
    University of South Carolina School of Law
    J.D. · 1997
  2. Winthrop University
    B.A. · 1994