R. Scott Joye

Practice Areas

  • State Criminal Defense
  • Federal Criminal Defense
  • Personal Injury
  • Wrongful Death

Profile

Scott Joye has been practicing law since 1996. Upon graduating from the University of South Carolina School of Law, Mr. Joye worked as a law clerk for the late Honorable Sydney T, Floyd, assisting Judge Floyd in the administration of his duties. Mr. Joye was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1996 and began practicing law as an Assistant Solicitor in the Fourteenth Circuit Solicitor's Office. He was responsible for the prosecution of all types of major criminal cases in the Court of General Sessions. In 1998 Mr. Joye entered private practice in his own firm, R. Scott Joye, P. A. Ten years later that practice has evolved into Joye, Nappier and Risher, LLC.

Scott Joye is licensed to practice law in South Carolina and has handled Federal cases in Virginia and Ohio. He has concentrated the majority of his practice in the area of State and Federal Criminal matters. In addition, Mr. Joye handles personal injury cases, as well as wrongful death cases.

Admitted to Practice

  • South Carolina, 1996
  • United States District Court, 1999

Education

  • Francis Marion College (Francis Marion University)
    • Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society
    • Pi Gamma Mu Social Sciences Honor Society
    • Dean's List
    • One of two EUREKA Conference representatives, 1991
    • BS in Political Science, 1991


  • University of South Carolina School of Law
    • Juris Doctorate
    • Phi Kappa Sigma

Bar Admissions

  • American Bar Association
  • South Carolina Bar Association
  • Georgetown County Bar Association

Associations

  • American Bar Association
  • South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • South Carolina Trial Lawyer's Association
  • National College of DUI Defense

Community Service

  • Waccamaw Youth Little League Baseball Sponsor