Governor Hodges Serves on Panel at Defense Attorneys' Annual Meeting
November 12, 2004

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Former South Carolina Governor Jim Hodges served on a discussion panel at the S.C. Defense Trial Attorneys' Association Annual Meeting on November 12, 2004, in Braselton, Georgia. He was joined by former Court of Appeals Chief Judge William L. Howard, Gary Clary and John Hamilton Smith to discuss their return to private practice and the challenges and rewards to that endeavor.

Hodges serves as keynote speaker and panelist at various conferences and seminars throughout the country. He is an insightful speaker regarding economic and business trends, politics, and education issues.

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