Attorneys
Mario A. Pacella Columbia, South Carolina
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Mario A. Pacella was born in Buffalo, New York in 1972. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1994 with degrees in Government and History. While at the College of William and Mary, Mario was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, an honorary society for leadership and academic achievement. In 1997, Mario graduated from the William and Mary School of Law. Immediately following law school, Mario clerked for United States Magistrate Judge James E. Graham in Brunswick, Georgia. Following his clerkship and prior to joining the Strom Law Firm, Mario served as an Assistant Public Defender in DeKalb County, Georgia. Mario is a member of the American Association for Justice and the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association. Mario has been named as class counsel in numerous class actions in South Carolina, including Anderson v. Comprehensive Care Centers, Preisenderf v. JK Harris & Company, and Newsom v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina. Mario has also been named in class actions nationwide.
Criminal Defense
Drug Cases
Expungements and Pardons
Appeals
- Class Actions
- Complex Civil Litigation (Litigation and Appeals)
- Criminal Law
- Social Security Disability
- Civil Rights
- Administrative Law
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- New York, 1998
- Georgia, 1999
- South Carolina, 2000
- U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 2000
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Georgia, 2000
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 2000
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia, 2002
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2001
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2002
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2007
- William and Mary School of Law, Williamsburg, Virginia,
1997
J.D. Honors: Top Ten Percent
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA,
1994
B.A. Honors: Omicron Delta Kappa Major: Government Major: History
- Ethical Considerations in Juvenile Delinquency Proceedings, South Carolina Bar (CLE),
2000
- Legal Writing, University of South Carolina School of Law,
2003
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2006
- Class Action Update,
2006
- American Association for Justice
- Member
- South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association,
2001
- Present
- DeKalb County Public Defender's Office; DeKalb County, Georgia, Assistant Public Defender,
1999
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2000
- The Honorable James E. Graham - U.S. Magistrate Judge; Brunswick, Georgia, Law Clerk,
1997
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1999
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