+ Grace Moroney

+ Thomas Howie

+ The Honorable Perry Gravely

+ Andrew Culbreath

Andrew Culbreath is currently the Deputy Solicitor for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit comprised of both Greenville and Pickens Counties, and has served in this role continuously for over 12 years. Andrew earned his undergraduate degree from Clemson University and his law degree from the University of South Carolina. Andrew also holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from The Citadel, and a Masters in Strategic Studies from the U.S Army War College.

As Deputy Solicitor, Andrew manages the personnel and financial aspects of both offices that currently employ over 150 people. Andrew also manages the day-to-day operations in Juvenile Court, Magistrate’s Court, Domestic Violence Court, Bond Court, and all Pre-Trial Diversion programs including Drug Court, Mental Health Court, and Veterans Court.

Andrew designed and implemented the Veterans Court program in 2012 with Solicitor Wilkins, Judge Charles Simmons, and small a group of community volunteers, and has served as the Director of the program ever since. Andrew is also a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve where he has served as a Judge Advocate for over 19 years. Andrew currently commands a Trial Defense unit based in Alexandria, Virginia and has served in multiple overseas assignments during his military career, including deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan where he served as the Chief of Military Justice for the Detention Operations Taskforce.

Andrew and his wife Anne have two daughters, Emily and Grace.

+ Mindy Lipinski

+ Frank Eppes

+ Sloan Ellis

Sloan P. Ellis represents individuals and businesses in a wide variety of criminal and civil matters. He has extensive experience litigating in Federal and State courts in South Carolina. Having spent almost a decade in public service as a federal and state prosecutor, Sloan prosecuted thousands of cases from complex federal white collar crime, wire fraud and money laundering to organized crime, gang and drug offenses and violent crimes.

During Sloan’s time as a federal prosecutor he worked hand in hand with numerous federal and state law enforcement agencies such as the FBI, DEA, IRS, Homeland Security, United States Postal Inspection Service, SLED and the South Carolina Department of Revenue to investigate and prosecute white collar crime, violent crimes and drug offenses. Along with Brandi Hinton, Sloan prosecuted the fiftieth person in the United States to be charged with fraud in connection with the Paycheck Protection Program established under the CARES Act. Sloan was the recipient of the 2020 United States Attorney’s award for excellence in prosecution.

Before Sloan’s time as a federal prosecutor he spent almost three years in private practice representing businesses and individuals just like he does today at Ellis Hinton.

Sloan’s public service began at the Thirteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office in Greenville, South Carolina. There Sloan prosecuted thousands of state cases ranging from murder, burglary and armed robbery to various drug-related and white collar crimes.

Prior to joining the Solicitor’s Office, Sloan was an attorney at the Nexsen Pruet law firm. Nexsen Pruet is a South Carolina based firm that represents clients in virtually every industry in North and South Carolina and around the country. While at Nexsen Pruet Sloan worked directly for William W. Wilkins, the former Chief Judge of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and Chair of the Federal Sentencing Commission. At Nexsen Pruet Sloan focused his practice on federal white collar criminal defense and complex civil litigation. He represented clients nationwide being charged with or investigated for tax fraud, securities fraud, insider trading, health care fraud, violations of the False Claims Act and various drug offenses. Sloan was also actively engaged in an appellate practice where he represented clients with appeals pending in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the South Carolina Supreme Court and the South Carolina Court of Appeals.

Prior to joining Nexsen Pruet, Sloan worked in Charleston, South Carolina with former United States Attorney E. Bart Daniel. While working with Mr. Daniel, Sloan focused on white collar criminal defense and was a member of the trial team who, during a month-long trial, defended the last person to be tried in what has been called the “largest and most complex white collar investigation in the history of South Carolina.”

Sloan is a ninth-generation South Carolinian who grew up on a farm in the small town of Due West. Working on the farm as a young man taught him the value of hard work and dedication to a cause. Sloan brings that work ethic and commitment to the clients that he represents and works every day to get them the best results possible.

Outside of work, Sloan serves on the Meyer Center for Special Children board of directors and is a member of First Presbyterian Church and the Haynsworth-Perry Inn of Court.

+ Brandi Hinton

Brandi Hinton is a former federal and state prosecutor who has handled thousands of criminal cases both as a prosecutor and as a defense attorney. A Columbia, South Carolina native and a graduate of the University of South Carolina, Brandi attended law school at the Charleston School of Law where she was a member of the Moot Court Board, Student Trial Lawyers Association, Phi Delta Phi, Orientation Committee, Academic Support Search Committee, James L. Pettigru Inn of Court and served on the Alumni Association Board. Upon graduation from law school she was chosen as a member of the Charleston School of Law Forensic Club.

After graduating from law school, Brandi clerked for the Honorable Mikell R. Scarborough during the height of the foreclosure crisis in Charleston County. She then worked in the Thirteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office in both Greenville and Pickens counties for eight years where she handled thousands of cases and tried over twenty-five cases including murder, criminal sexual conduct, armed robbery, burglary, domestic violence, white collar, drug trafficking and bank robbery.

Brandi, along with her partner Sloan Ellis, was an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina. As a federal prosecutor, she was assigned to the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force where she prosecuted large scale drug trafficking crimes. She also prosecuted complex white collar crimes such as wire fraud, money laundering and PPP fraud in addition to racketeering (RICO), violent crimes in aid of racketeering (VICAR), bank robbery and Hobbs Act robbery cases. Brandi was on the team of prosecutors who prosecuted the largest federal racketeering conspiracy in South Carolina history. Brandi was the recipient of the 2021 United States Attorney’s award for excellence in prosecution.

Outside of work, Brandi serves on the Julie Valentine Center Board of Directors and is a member of the Haynsworth-Perry Inn of Court.