Meagan Gentry - Charleston Criminal Defense Lawyer Reviews & Ratings

Meagan T. Gentry focuses on providing excellent client service and aggressive advocacy for each and every one of her cases. Meagan graduated magna cum laude and with Honors from Arkansas Tech University in Russellville Arkansas, where she also received awards and high honors for speech, debate, and creative writing. She received a Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law where she graduated with Honors and as a member of the Moot Court Advocacy Board. She won several awards for national Moot Court competitions across the country, including the National Top Oralist Award at the Wagner Labor and Employment Moot Court Competition in New York City. Meagan passed the bar in Arkansas in 2010 and worked at a small family law firm right after graduating law school. She then moved on to work as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Little Rock, Arkansas. Meagan and her husband John moved to Charleston where Meagan passed the bar in South Carolina in 2012. After having two wonderful children, Meagan began doing contract attorney work for multiple law firms across South Carolina and North Carolina while raising their two kids at home. She then took a full time job at the Public Defender’s Office in Charleston County where she handled hundreds of criminal defense cases a year.