David Michael Pascoe was born on March 2,1967 and is an American lawyer serving as the First Circuit Solicitor in the state of South Carolina since 2005.
23 Facts About David Pascoe
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In 2016, Pascoe won a Supreme Court case against the South Carolina Attorney General where the Attorney General attempted to remove Pascoe as the special prosecutor in a corruption probe involving the General Assembly.
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David Pascoe oversaw the investigation and secured convictions on five powerful South Carolina General Assembly members that included the House speaker, President Pro Tem of the Senate, Chairman of the House Judiciary, and two former House Majority Leaders.
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David Pascoe served as assistant state prosecutor from 1993 to 2005 successfully trying over 200 violent crimes.
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David Pascoe earned a reputation as being a hard line prosecutor on violent crimes but progressive in dealing with juvenile offenders and non-violent offenders.
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David Pascoe endorsed several local Republican candidates in the 2024 South Carolina elections such as Ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson, Dorchester County Sheriff candidate Sam Richardson, and Senate District 29 Candidate JD Chaplin.
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David Pascoe endorsed Vice President Joe Biden in the 2020 Democratic Presidential primary but did not endorse him in 2024.
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David Pascoe recruited churches and organizations to start a Youth Mentor Program.
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David Pascoe implemented the Circuit's first youth and adult drug court programs.
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David Pascoe continues to garner his reputation as being tough on violent offenders and successfully convicted and received death sentences on two murderers, Mikal Mahdi and Kenneth Justus.
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David Pascoe served as President of the South Carolina Solicitor's Association from 2011 to 2013.
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David Pascoe accepted Attorney General Alan Wilson's designation as special prosecutor in the matter prior to a judge ruling on the recusal motion.
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On September 10,2014, David Pascoe indicted Speaker Harrell for multiple violations of state ethics laws.
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On October 1,2014, David Pascoe sent an email to Attorney General Wilson referencing the December SLED report and stating that he believed legislators named in the report should be investigated as part of a corruption probe.
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Shortly thereafter, a dispute arose in which the Attorney General's Office claimed that David Pascoe did not have the authority to initiate a State Grand Jury investigation, and that only the elected Attorney General could legally sign the initiation form.
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The Attorney General then sent an e-mail to David Pascoe purporting to fire him from the case.
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David Pascoe argued the case himself while the Attorney General's Office retained the law firm of Nelson Mullins to argue on its behalf.
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David Pascoe faced numerous challenges by targets of the investigation who sought to remove him David Pascoe prevailed in each courtroom battle.
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In September 2018 David Pascoe negotiated agreements with five of the state's most powerful corporations to settle potential criminal liability stemming from their dealings with Richard Quinn and Associates.
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The agreements, which were referred to as "corporate integrity agreements", were unprecedented in the state, however David Pascoe argued that the agreements are a permissible use of his prosecutive authority.
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David Pascoe sought, and ultimately won the approval of the presiding judge of the state grand jury to publicly release the document without redactions.
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David Pascoe delivered the remaining pending prosecutions to the Attorney General's Office.
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On July 22,2020, Pascoe wrote a letter to the college's President General Glenn M Walters asking that he remove the flag from above the Chapel.