Cameron McGowan Currie

Cameron McGowan Currie (born 1948) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Born in Florence, South Carolina, Currie received a B.A. from the University of South Carolina in 1970 and a J.D. from George Washington University Law School in 1975. She was a law clerk to Arthur L. Burnett, U.S. Magistrate, District of the District of Columbia from 1973 to 1974. She was in private practice in Washington, D.C., from 1975 to 1978. She was an assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1978 to 1980, and for the District of South Carolina from 1980 to 1984.

Currie was a U.S. Magistrate for the District of South Carolina from 1984–1986, returning to private practice in Columbia, South Carolina from 1986-1989. She was also an Adjunct professor of law, University of South Carolina Law Center from 1986 to 1989. She was a Chief deputy state attorney general of Office of the State Attorney General, South Carolina from 1989 to 1994.

On January 27, 1994, Currie was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina vacated by Falcon B. Hawkins. Currie was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 10, 1994, and received her commission on March 11, 1994. She took senior status on October 3, 2013.

Sources

• Cameron McGowan Currie at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.