LowcountryBizSC: Thurmond Kirchner Timbes & Yelverton adds associate attorney

CHARLESTON, SC – Christopher C. Romeo has joined Thurmond Kirchner Timbes & Yelverton, P.A., a law firm based in Charleston, S.C., representing clients across a wide range of legal matters, as an associate attorney.

Romeo, who previously served as an assistant public defender in Brevard, Hendersonville, and Columbus Counties, N.C., will focus his practice on criminal and personal injury cases. Romeo earned his J.D. from Samford University, Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama, and his B.S. in international affairs from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, where he minored in Italian studies. As an undergraduate, he also studied at the Umbra Institute in Perugia, Italy. Romeo is licensed to practice in both North Carolina and South Carolina and is a member of both state bar associations. A native of Hendersonville, N.C., Romeo currently resides in Mt. Pleasant with his wife Morgan Elizabeth Lee Romeo and their young son.

Thurmond Kirchner Timbes & Yelverton, P.A., manages a broad range of legal challenges, including personal injury, criminal defense, business disputes, property defects, and construction litigation. The firm’s attorneys are committed to applying their focus, intense preparation, and strategic thinking to every phase of the case, from the beginning through trial and beyond. They work with individuals, business clients and associating law firms, with a majority of cases coming from other lawyers. The firm’s offices are located in historic downtown Charleston, S.C. More information is available at www.tktylawfirm.com or by calling 843-937-8000.