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Deon Tedder joined David Aylor Law Offices as an attorney in June 2018. He attended South Carolina State University where he graduated from the Honors College, magna cum laude, with a B.A. in Political Science in May 2012. During his college career, Deon had the honor of working in the office of the late Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy where he assisted on the Health, Education, Labor & Pension (H.E.L.P) Committee. He began advocacy for the underserved as a law student at the University of South Carolina School of Law where he graduated in May 2015. While in law school, Deon served as a Guardian Ad Litem for Richland County’s Court Appointed Special Advocates Program (CASA) and represented indigent clients in courtroom proceedings in Magistrate Court through the University of South Carolina’s Criminal Law Practice Clinic. Deon served as judicial law clerk to the Honorable L. Casey Manning in Columbia, South Carolina where he gained a unique understanding of legal matters from the viewpoint of both sides of the aisle. In 2019 Deon was named a Top 40 Under 40 by the National Black Lawyers Association. He is a member of the American Bar Association, South Carolina Bar Association, Charleston County Bar Association and South Carolina Black Lawyers Association. His main area of practice is Personal Injury.

Matthew E. Yelverton leads the personal injury practice, focusing on matters including trucking accidents, nursing home abuse and neglect, and wrongful death. Prior to joining Thurmond Kirchner Timbes & Yelverton, P.A., Yelverton practiced privately as Matthew E. Yelverton & Associates. He has also worked with Svalina Law Firm, P.A., in Beaufort, S.C., and with Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A., in Greenville, S.C. Yelverton earned bachelor degrees in political science and philosophy from North Carolina State University before going on to earn his law degree from the University of South Carolina School of a Law. He is admitted to practice in South Carolina, North Carolina, before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and before the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. He is also a member of the American Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar Association, the North Carolina Bar Association, the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, the North Carolina Association of Trial Lawyers, and the South Carolina Nursing Home Litigators Group. Additionally, Yelverton is co-founder of the Spartanburg Wills for Heroes Program, former commissioner for the Charleston County Parks and Recreation Commission, and former chairman of the Board of Parklands Foundation. Yelverton, who currently serves on the South Carolina Association for Justice Board of Governors, has been named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40, and he also received the Top Ten Verdicts in South Carolina 2012 award from South Carolina Lawyers Weekly.

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Garrett Johnson joined Elrod Pope Law Firm in September 2011. His primary focus is personal injury/serious accident cases. Garrett earned his Juris Doctorate in 2010 from Wake Forest University School of Law located in Winston Salem, NC.. While in law school, Garrett had many impressive accomplishments which included either winning or being a finalist in several prestigious mock trial competitions. In 2008, he studied abroad in Venice, Italy under U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Prior to joining Elrod Pope, Garrett worked as a legal intern for the United States Congress in Washington, D.C.. In addition to working at Elrod Pope Law Firm, Garrett is an active Attorney Coach volunteer for the High School Mock Trial Program.  This program provides students with an extracurricular activity to learn about due process.  The goal of Mock Trial is to educate students about the basis of our American judicial system and the mechanics of litigation.  Garrett works with Fort Mill High students involved in this program and in 2012, they made state finals.

Meeting new people, coming up with innovative ideas, and offering reasonable solutions to problems are my passions. A good friend of mine and fellow lawyer calls me a "Reniassance Man" because I have unique interests and hobbies which include raising pastured beef cattle, flying airplanes and drones, learning and speaking about legal technology, working with my hands, making knives, and operating heavy equipment. I don't consider myself anything but lucky to be able to meet new and interesting people and engage in activities that challenge my mind and dexterity.. Part of what I like about practicing law is learning what drives people, what they do, and what they have been through that has brought them to an attorney. I cautioned an associate who used to work for me to not get so wrapped up in the legal affairs of clients that he lost sight of who the clients really are and I challenged him to learn something personal about every client. I believe the more life experiences you have to draw upon the more solutions to problems you can come up with.