Entered 7/22/20 by rsg (CLE 20-49)
BREEN STEVENS
1st Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office
Orangeburg, SC
Breen started his life of public service in the United States Navy, where he was a Crash & Salvage Firefighter on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. He later graduated the College of Charleston, and then attended Charleston School of Law where he excelled at legal research and writing, and was able to put these skills to practice as a member of the Moot Court Board.
Breen began his professional legal career clerking for Judge Pieper at the South Carolina Court of Appeals. After his clerkship, He worked in Charleston as an associate attorney for Andy Savage practicing criminal law. He then seized the opportunity to follow his passions for both criminal defense and appellate practice, and worked at the Division of Appellate Defense in Columbia. After Appellate Defense, he subsequently went back over to trial work with the First Circuit Public Defender's Office where he is an Assistant Public Defender for Orangeburg County, and the Deputy Public Defender for Calhoun County.
Breen is currently the President of the South Carolina Public Defender's Association, the Vice President of the South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer, and a Council Member of the Criminal Law Section of the South Carolina Bar. He has previously spoken on topics for the Public Defender 101 CLE series, as well as at the South Carolina Bar Convention.