Garryl L. Deas

Garryl L. Deas is the founder of Deas Law Firm in Sumter, South Carolina. His current firm materials describe extensive trial experience across personal injury, wrongful death, automobile accidents, tractor-trailer accidents, slip and fall claims, workers’ compensation, and medical malpractice, along with criminal defense, family law, and general civil matters. His practice is broad, but the firm places particular emphasis on helping injured clients pursue compensation after accidents and other harmful events.

Garryl earned a B.S. in Management Information Systems from the University of South Carolina in 1991 and a Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law in 1996. After law school, he returned to Sumter and began working with established local attorneys before becoming a law-firm partner in 1999. His education and early practice provided a foundation for civil and criminal litigation, client counseling, and the development of an independent law practice.

Garryl founded Deas Law Firm in 2004 after years of private practice. His professional background includes service as a Municipal Judge for the Town of Timmonsville and work as a Drug Forfeiture Attorney for the Third Circuit Solicitor, where he handled drug-seizure litigation for several counties. He is certified to practice in the US District Court and the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, adding federal-court experience to his state litigation background.

Garryl L. Deas is a member of the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, American Bar Association, Columbia Lawyers Association, and Sumter County Bar Association. He has decades of legal work in Sumter, including courtroom practice, judicial service, government-related litigation, and private representation. For personal injury clients, that background supports a litigation-focused approach to accident, wrongful death, premises, workplace, and medical negligence matters that require thorough preparation and direct advocacy.

Law Office Affiliations

• Founder, Deas Law Firm
• Member, South Carolina Bar
• Member, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Columbia Lawyers Association
• Member, Sumter County Bar Association
• Municipal Judge, Town of Timmonsville, SC (2000)
• Part-time Municipal Judge, Town of Atlantic Beach in North Myrtle Beach, SC
• Member, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.
• Member, Masonic Order, St. Paul Lodge #8 in Sumter, South Carolina

Licensed State

• South Carolina

Education

• Syracuse University College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of South Carolina
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Management Information Systems

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