Angela J. Moss

Professional career

• While continuing her work as a public defender, in 2006, Judge Moss established her private practice focusing on Family Court mediation and serving as Guardian ad Litem.
• Sinclair, LLC, focusing primarily on Family Law while also working part-time for the Spartanburg County Public Defender’s Office in Transfer Court, municipal and magistrate courts and representing juvenile defendants.
• Judge Moss returned to private practice in 2000, as an Associate with Phillip K.
• Upon graduation, Judge Moss returned to Spartanburg County where she began her legal career as an Associate with Albert V. Smith, P.A.
• Late 1996, she joined the Seventh Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office where she was eventually assigned to the child abuse caseload.

Judicial service

• Prior to her election to the Bench in 2021, Judge Moss volunteered as a mediator at the Upstate Mediation Center.
• Sinclair, LLC, focusing primarily on Family Law while also working part-time for the Spartanburg County Public Defender’s Office in Transfer Court, municipal and magistrate courts and representing juvenile defendants.

Education

• After working as a newspaper sports reporter during college and a year post graduation, she attended Samford University Cumberland School of Law, earning her J.D. in 1994.
• Upon graduation from Landrum High School, she attended Converse College, graduating in 1990, with Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and Psychology.
• During law school she was active in the South Carolina Student Bar Association, Trial Advocacy Board, Samford Senate and trial competitions.
• The Moss family is active in their church and community and enjoy college football, hiking and their beloved pets.

Personal record

Moss is a native of Spartanburg County, South Carolina.