Meet Gerald

I grew up on a farm in Chesterfield and worked hard to become the first member of my family to go to College. After finishing my undergraduate degree at the University of South Carolina, I went to law school and received my Juris Doctorate and have practiced law in Hartsville since 1990. 

I met my wife Davita in 1987 at a march in Forsyth, Georgia.  We have been together ever since and have been married over 30 years.  We raised our beautiful four children in Hartsville and are proud of their accomplishments.  Our daughter Morgan is in graduate school and our sons Donavan, Jonathan, and Jordan are attorneys.

I‘ve dedicated my life to improving our community.  I am honored to represent our area at the State Senate and am deeply grateful for the trust you have placed in me.  With the talent and resources we have in our community, I sincerely believe there is nothing we can’t accomplish.  By working together, we can build a better future for this generation and the next!

Sincerely,
Gerald Malloy

Education & Service

  • University of South Carolina, B.S., 1984, J.D., 1988
  • Continued studies in the Professional Masters of Business Administration
  • Admitted to practice in the South Carolina Courts and Federal District Court
  • Past President, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association
  • Member, South Carolina Supreme Court Commission on Lawyer Conduct, 1996-02
  • Served on Judicial Qualifications Committee of the South Carolina Bar Association
  • Representative for Fourth Judicial Circuit for Young Lawyers Division, South Carolina Bar Association
  • Chairman, Public Defenders Board of Darlington County Bar Association
  • Chairman, Hartsville Recreation Commission
  • Former President, Hartsville Northern Youth Baseball League
  • Served on Hartsville Downtown Development Board
  • University of South Carolina Alumni Board
  • Life member, University of South Carolina Alumni Association
  • Helped establish Butler Heritage Foundation
  • Member, South Carolina Bar Association, Commander, Indigent Defense Commission
  • Honorary Life Member, South Carolina Public Defender Investigators Association Board
  • Governor's School for Science and Math Foundation Board
  • Appeals Committee for the South Carolna Commission on Higher Education Board
  • Center for Educator, Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA)
  • Chairman, South Carolina Criminal Justice Task Force
  • Life member, University of South Carolina Letterman Association
  • Lions Club International
  • Life member, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
  • Recipient of the Home Rule Award by South Carolina Association of Counties, 2003
  • Recipient of the South Carolina Library Association Friend of the Libraries, 2004
  • Inducted into the National Honor Roll for the National Library Association, 2005
  • Recognized by South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice for support of Teen After School Centers (TASC) Program, 2007
  • Recipient of the South Carolina Public Defender Association Legislator of the Year Award, 2007
  • Recipient of the South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense Distinguished Service Award, 2008 (this award was named the Gerald Malloy Distinguished Service Award and is awarded annually)
  • Recipient of the South Carolina Fraternal Order of Police Legislator of the Year, 2010
  • Trustee and Deacon, Jerusalem Baptist Church
  • Victim’s Advocate Legislator of the Year
  • YMCA Legislator of the Year
  • Chairman of the National Conference of State Legislators Law, Criminal Justice, and Public Safety Committee