Bruce Howe Hendricks | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | |
Assumed office June 5, 2014 |
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Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Margaret B. Seymour |
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | |
In office 2002 – June 5, 2014 |
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Personal details | |
Pronunciation | /bruːsi/ |
Born |
Bruce McCaw Howe 1957 (age 59–60) Charleston, South Carolina |
Education |
College of Charleston B.S. University of South Carolina School of Law J.D. |
Bruce Howe Hendricks /bruːsi/ (born 1957) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina and former United States Magistrate Judge of the same court.
Hendricks was born Bruce McCaw Howe in 1957 in Charleston, South Carolina. Hendricks attended Sweet Briar College where she played basketball. Later she transferred to the College of Charleston and received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1983. She received a Juris Doctor in 1990 from the University of South Carolina School of Law. From 1991 to 2002, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Charleston, South Carolina, where she prosecuted a wide array of criminal cases before both the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina and on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Since 2002, she has served as a United States Magistrate Judge, in Greenville from 2002 to 2010 and in Charleston since 2010. As part of her duties, she presided over the first drug court program in the District of South Carolina.