About Nicole Wise

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Ms. Wise is a corporate communications director in South Carolina who earned a degree in journalism and spent several years working at newspapers in Wisconsin.

Articles written by Nicole Wise

A Second Chance

Judge Erin Dean reflects on her work helping those with substance abuse and mental health issues 

Becoming a lawyer and judge wasn’t Erin Dean’s plan. At University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she studied in the department of radio, television and motion pictures with visions of a career in public relations or journalism. But three years out, in 1989, while working in the retail and food and beverage industries, Dean began to see a new vision. “My family always said that I like to argue,” she says with a laugh. So she applied for law school at the University of South Carolina, …

‘An Adrenaline-Flowing, Intense Moment’

When Andrew Lindemann argued a 10th Amendment case before SCOTUS

As an undergrad at the University of Virginia in 1984, Andrew Lindemann was in the gallery at the U.S. Supreme Court Building as a guest of the Tennessee attorney general, who was arguing Alexander v. Choate. A copy of the opinion gifted to Lindemann: "Andrew, thanks for pulling me through. A 9-0 unanimous decision is good for the first one. -- Mike Cody" “Part of the tradition of arguing in the U.S. Supreme Court is that the lawyers keep the real quill pens on their desks,” says Lindemann, …

'It Never Got Old'

Christopher Mills reflects on his clerkship with Justice Clarence Thomas

During his interview for a clerkship with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in the fall of 2018, Christopher Mills bonded with the Savannah-raised justice about his beloved hometown of Charleston. “He wanted to know about my family and growing up in the Lowcountry,” Mills recalls. “We talked about how his family would come to the beaches outside Hilton Head on vacation when he was growing up. We talked about the Gullah traditions along the coast running all the way through …

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