Mullins McLeod: The People’s Governor

William Mullins McLeod, Jr. is a 53 year-old husband and father of four. He was born in Lexington SC and grew up in Walterboro to a tradition of public service. His paternal grandfather, Walton “Stumpy” McLeod, contributed a lifetime of public service as an educator, city attorney, state legislator, general counsel at the Public Service Authority, and head of the South Carolina Bar Association. Mullins’ uncle is the late Senator Peden Brown McLeod (D), and his uncle Walt McLeod served in the legislature for 20 years. And his father was the former Chairman of the S.C. Public Railways Commission. If elected, Mullins McLeod will be the fourth-generation public servant in his immediate family.

Mullins loves spending time with his friends and family outdoors hunting, boating or running the tractor at his farm. He is an avid fisherman who enjoys the challenges of both inshore and offshore fishing as anyone who has ever fished a Governor's Cup can attest. Mullins grew up playing sports and today he plays golf and tennis.

A graduate of Wofford College (1994) and the University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 1997), Mullins has built a remarkable legal career helping people. Admitted to practice before the South Carolina Bar, Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, and the U.S. He has earned national attention and awards for securing justice in difficult cases. As founder of McLeod Law Group in Charleston, he has championed justice in cases involving toxic torts, civil rights violations, wrongful death, catastrophic injuries, nursing home abuse, and commercial negligence. His firms’ wins include record-setting wrongful-death awards in South Carolina and millions recovered for clients across multiple states.