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|Active =
2007-2019

 

|Chief =

 

|Chief =

 

|Senior =

 

|Senior =

 

|Preceded =  

 

|Preceded =  

 

|Succeeded =

 

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|Previous=  

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|Previous=
Attorney, ''Jenkinson Law Firm, P.A.''

 

|Previous chief =  

 

|Previous chief =  



|Past term =   

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|Past term = 
2002-2007



|Previous 2 =

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|Previous 2 =
Public Defender, [[Williamsburg County, South Carolina|Williamsburg County]]

 

|Previous chief 2 =

 

|Previous chief 2 =



|Past term 2 =  

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|Past term 2 =
1981-1992

 

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|Born =

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|Born =
11/19/1948

 

|Gender = male

 

|Gender = male

 

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|Bachelors = The Citadel

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|Bachelors = The Citadel
, 1971



|Law = University of South Carolina
School of Law

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|Law = University of South Carolina
, 1974

 

|Graduate =  

 

|Graduate =  



|Military =
US
Army Reserves

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|Military =
U.S.
Army Reserves



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'''Gordon B. Jenkinson''' is a [[South Carolina Family Courts]] judge for the [[3rd Judicial Circuit, South Carolina|Third Circuit]].

He was elected to the
Third Circuit Family Court
in February 2007.<ref name=
"
bio
"
>[http://www.judicial.state.sc.us/familyCourt/displayFCjudge.cfm?judgeid=4142 Judge Jenkinson
Bio
]</ref>

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'''Gordon B. Jenkinson''' is a [[South Carolina Family Courts
|family court
]] judge for the [[3rd Judicial Circuit, South Carolina|Third
Judicial
Circuit
]], serving [[Lee County, South Carolina|Lee]], [[Sumter County, South Carolina|Sumter]], [[Clarendon County, South Carolina|Clarendon]], and [[Williamsburg County, South Carolina|Williamsburg]] counties of [[South Carolina
]].
<ref>[http://www.judicial.state.sc.us/familyCourt/judgesbycircuit.cfm?circuitno=3 South Carolina Judicial Department: Family Court Judges - Circuit 3]</ref>
He was elected to the
court by the {{BP|South Carolina General Assembly}}
in February 2007
and his current term expires on June 30, 2019
.<ref name=bio>[http://www.judicial.state.sc.us/familyCourt/displayFCjudge.cfm?judgeid=4142
South Carolina Judicial Department:
Judge
Gordon B.
Jenkinson
Biography]</ref><ref>[http://www.scstatehouse.gov/judicialmeritpage/TermsofJudges.pdf South Carolina Legislature: Terms of Judges, State of South Carolina, updated May 15, 2013
]</ref>

 

 



==
Biography
==

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==
Education
==



 

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Jenkinson
received
his
B.A.
in English from The Citadel in 1971
and
his [[
J.D.
]] from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1974.<ref name=bio/>



Jenkinson
earned
his
BA
in English from The Citadel in 1971
.  He went on to receive
his [[
JD
]] from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1974
.  He is married and has two children
.<ref name=
"
bio
"
/>

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==Career==

 

==Career==

 

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*'''2007-2019:''' Family Court Judge, [[3rd Judicial Circuit, South Carolina|Third Judicial Circuit]]

 

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*'''2002-2007:''' Attorney, ''Jenkinson Law Firm, P.A.''

 

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*'''1981-1992:''' Public Defender, [[Williamsburg County, South Carolina|Williamsburg County]]

 

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*'''1974-1981:''' Attorney, Private practice

 

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*'''1971-1978:''' Captain, U.S. Army Reserves <ref name=bio/>

 

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==See also==

 

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*[[Courts in South Carolina]]

 

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*[[South Carolina Circuit Courts]]

 

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*[[Judicial selection in South Carolina]]

 

 



Jenkinson served in the US Army Reserves from 1971 to 1978
.
He has worked in private practice from 1974 to the present
.
He also served as Williamsburg County Public Defender from 1981 to 1992
.
He joined the
Family Court
of the Third Circuit in 2007 and has served in that position since
.
<ref name="bio"
/
>

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==External links==

 

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*[http://www
.
judicial
.
state
.
sc.us/familyCourt/familyMap.cfm South Carolina Judicial Department:
Family Court
Map]

 

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*[http://www
.
judicial.state.sc.us
/
familyCourt/displayFCjudge.cfm?judgeid=4142 South Carolina Judicial Department: Judge Gordon B. Jenkinson Biography]

 

 

 

==References==

 

==References==

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[[category:South Carolina family court judges, 3rd Circuit]]

 

[[category:South Carolina family court judges, 3rd Circuit]]

 

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[[category:Term expiring 2019, South Carolina]]

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