Clanitra L. Stewart
Attorney II
After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with Honors from the South Carolina Honors College at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina, Clanitra earned her Juris Doctorate from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. It was at Mercer Univeristy where Clanitra also received a Certificate in Advanced Legal Writing, Research, and Drafting and the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Advanced Legal Research. Additionally, she served on the Moot Court Board, during which time she received the 2000 D. Meade Feild Memorial Award for Outstanding Performance in Workers‘ Compensation from the Florida Workers‘ Compensation Institute.
Clanitra was admitted to the Georgia Bar in 2000 and practiced law at Georgia Legal Services, where she represented indigent clients in civil cases. After becoming a member of the South Carolina Bar in 2003, she joined the law firm of Berry, Quackenbush & Stuart, P.A., in Columbia, South Carolina as an Associate Attorney. In 2005, she returned to practicing public interest law as the Hunger, Housing, and Community Economic Development Attorney for the South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center in Columbia, SC, where she now assists the low-income community through policy advocacy in those areas.
Clanitra‘s memberships include the South Carolina Black Lawyers‘ Association, the South Carolina Women Lawyers‘ Association, the South Carolina Bar Association, and the State Bar of Georgia.
