Margaret B. Seymour

Margaret B. Seymour
Co-General Counsel for the Charleston County School District
Assumed office
October 14, 2022
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
In office
January 16, 2013 – August 31, 2022
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
In office
January 3, 2012 – January 16, 2013
Preceded byDavid C. Norton
Succeeded byTerry L. Wooten
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
In office
October 22, 1998 – January 16, 2013
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byWilliam Byrd Traxler Jr.
Succeeded byBruce Howe Hendricks
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
In office
1996–1998
United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina
Acting
In office
January 1996 – May 1996
PresidentBill Clinton
Succeeded byJ. Rene Josey
In office
April 1993 – May 1993
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byJohn S. Simmons
Personal details
Born
Margaret Louise Beane Seymour

(1947-01-16) January 16, 1947 (age 77)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
SpouseJoseph D. Shine
EducationHoward University (BA)
American University (JD)

Margaret Louise Beane Seymour (born January 16, 1947) is an American lawyer who is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.