From staff reports
Ashley H. Amundson, former probate judge for Colleton County, has joined Beaufort’s Harvey & Battey, PA in its centennial year. She will practice in its probate and estate planning practice.
Amundson served as Probate Judge for Colleton County from 2011 to 2022. She graduated in 2004 from the University of North Carolina School of Law in Chapel Hill, N.C., as a Chancellors Scholar, Cum Laude. She is actively a member of the South Carolina Bar, the South Carolina Elder Law Committee, the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association, and was a former member and past president of the South Carolina Association of Probate Judges.
Before her election to the bench, Amundson worked in private practice and also worked as an Assistant City Attorney in Charlotte. During her tenure as Probate Judge, Amundson served as President of the South Carolina Association of Probate Judges. She was also a volunteer judge for the Colleton Multi-Disciplinary Court, which helps those who have been charged with non-violent crimes due to drug dependency or mental illness to complete an intensive program to avoid jail time. This is a program sponsored by the Fourteenth Circuit Solicitors’ Office.
Harvey & Battey, P.A. has been serving Beaufort and the Lowcountry area since 1922. For more information, visit https://harveyandbattey.com.
