South Carolina Legislature


    Representative Wm. Weston J. Newton

Representative Wm. Weston J. Newton photo

Chairman, House Judiciary Committee

Republican - Beaufort

District 120 - Beaufort & Jasper Counties - Map

Columbia Address

512 Blatt Bldg.
Columbia 29201

Business Phone (803) 734-3120

Home Address

83 Myrtle Island Rd.
Bluffton 29910

Home Phone (843) 706-3880

Business Phone (843) 706-6111

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Personal Information

  • Attorney & Partner, Jones, Simpson & Newton, P.A.
  • Residing at 83 Myrtle Island Road, Bluffton
  • Born February 22, 1967 in Greenville
  • Son of Jourdan J. Macfie and the late Howard Newton
  • Washington and Lee University, B.A., 1989
  • University of South Carolina, J.D., 1993
  • April 25, 1998 married Rose R. Buyck, 3 children, Reedy, William, and Eliza Rose
  • Order of Wig and Robe, University of South Carolina School of Law, 1993
  • Law Clerk, Honorable John H. Waller, Jr., Assoc. Justice, South Carolina Supreme Court, Judge of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 1993-94
  • Law Clerk, Honorable C. Weston Houck, Chief United States District Judge, District of South Carolina, 1994-96
  • 40 Under 40 Top Young Business Professionals in Savannah/Hilton Head, 2004
  • Board member, Souh Carolina Association of Counties, 2005-10, 2nd Vice President, 2011, 1st Vice President, 2012
  • Best of Bluffton Best Attorney Award, 2007
  • University of South Carolina Board of Visitors, 2008-12
  • Former Board member, Sunset Rotary Club
  • Volunteers in Medicine
  • Leadership Hilton Head/Bluffton
  • Member, Beaufort County Bar Association
  • Hilton Head Bar Association, Treasurer, 1997-98, Secretary, 1998-99, President, 1999-01
  • Member, Church of the Cross, 1996

   

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Service In Public Office

  • Beaufort County Council, 1999 - 2012, Chairman, 2003 - 2012
  • House of Representatives, 2013 - Present



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