Judge John M. Rollins, Jr.

John Marshall Rollins, Jr.,  was born in Greer, S.C., on September 28, 1961.  He is the son of the late John M. Rollins and Shirlee Rollins.  He is a graduate of Greer High School and received a B.S. in psychology from the University of South Carolina at Spartanburg in 1984.  Judge Rollins received his J.D. degree from the Cumberland School of Law at Stanford University in 1988.  He was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1988.

Judge Rollins was a Field Artillery Officer with the S.C. Army National Guard from 1981 through 1998.  Since 1998, he has been a Major in the U.S. Army Reserves, serving in the Judge Advocate Generals Corps. 

After law school, Judge Rollins served as the Greenville County Contract Public Defender from 1991 through 2001.  He is certified to represent individuals charged with crimes punishable by the death penalty.  He has served as the municipal judge for the Town of Lyman since 1995, and was appointed a magistrate in 2001.

Judge Rollins is a former chairman of the Spartanburg County Board on Domestic Abuse, a former member of the Greer Relief Board, a member of Bailey Lodge #146, and the Greenville Scottish Rite.