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Areas of Practice. Admissions. Education. Professional Memberships

Areas of Practice. Admissions. Education. Professional Memberships

Annie focuses her practice on nursing home abuse and neglect, civil rights violations, and various personal injury matters. An experienced litigator, Annie worked for seven years as a trial attorney at the Charleston County Public Defender’s office, where she tried numerous cases to jury verdict and zealously fought for the rights of more than 1,000 individuals.. Annie is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell. She was recognized by Super Lawyers and named among the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” by the National Trial Lawyers. She received the 2021 Emerging Leader award from the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA) and was recognized by Charleston Business Magazine’s 2021 Women in Business for her important contributions to the legal community. Annie received the “Star of the Quarter” award from the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division in 2019 and that same year, was named the “Juvenile Public Defender of the Year” for the state of South Carolina.. While representing incarcerated children, she went beyond simply defending their cases and sought to reform the juvenile justice system by challenging the constitutionality of solitary confinement and the use of restraint chairs in juvenile jails. Her criminal justice reform efforts resulted in the closure of the fifty-year-old dilapidated Charleston County Juvenile Detention Center, ending decades of unconstitutional confinement of youth. Annie also increased access to books in juvenile jails by collecting over 4,000 young adult books to build or revamp libraries in juvenile jails within Charleston, Columbia, and Greenville –also for the benefit of her young clients.. During law school, Annie volunteered at the Charleston County Public Defenders office, and One80 Place homeless shelter’s legal clinic helping homeless individuals with various legal matters, and was recognized at her law school graduation for performing over 500 hours of pro bono service. Annie is admitted to the South Carolina Bar and U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, and is involved in the Charleston County Bar Association, Berkeley County Bar Association, and the SC Association for Justice. Her current community involvement is extensive and includes serving as a board member of Charleston Legal Access, a nonprofit law firm dedicated to expanding legal services for low-income South Carolinians, and serving as a board member of the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA), an association that connects and empowers women lawyers throughout South Carolina. Annie is a former member of the SC Bar’s Elder Law committee, the SC Bar’s Protecting Our Youth Committee, Charleston County Juvenile Drug Court, and a graduate of the SC Bar’s Leadership Academy (Class of 2018).

Alyssa Munger is dedicated to serving others. Her warmth and understanding for her clients are outmatched only by her devotion to advocating for their best interests. She emphasizes walking alongside her clients in this difficult time and helping them understand the family law process. Originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania she attended Holy Family University in Philadelphia where she received her bachelor’s degree in business administration.. Alyssa’s desire to be an attorney brought her to Charleston where she earned her Juris Doctor from Charleston School of Law. During law school she was a member of the Women in Law Society and was an Equal Justice Works Student Fellow. Her dedication saw her named the Internal Competition Champion during her time on the Trial Advocacy Board. An externship with Charleston Pro Bono allowed her to focus on her desire to help people and cultivate her interest in family law.. Alyssa’s passion for serving others sparked her ambition to become an attorney. She has a desire to not only work with people, but for them. By becoming a family law attorney she is able to be intentional about her goal to serve people in their most difficult times.