Brenda Reddix–Smalls
Professor of Law
- BA, Brown University
- JD, Georgetown Law Center
- LLM, Franklin Pierce Law Center
- brendareddixsmalls@piercelaw.edu
- (603) 513-5191
- Courses: Administrative Process and UCC, Article 2 Sales
- Committees: Appeals
- Scholarship
Reddix–Smalls has a private practice in Columbia, SC where she
specializes in complex litigation, juvenile law, education law for
school boards, civil liberties, voting rights and personal injury. She
served as executive director the South Carolina Conference of Branches
of the National Association of Advancement for Colored People from
1997–98, where she was responsible for statewide litigation involving
re–apportionment, voting rights and civil rights impact strategies.
Prior to that she was associate counsel at Edwards & Associates and
the Law Firm of John R. Harper. In 1993, she received the Modjeska
Simpkins Flame of Justice Award for her advocacy on behalf of women and
children.
In 1980, she co–founded of the Carolina Regional Legal Services
Corporation, serving as its executive director and program coordinator
for ten years and directing litigation for a three–country area.
Her specialties included complex litigation, appellate advocacy and
consumer rights. In addition, she co–founded a Regional Health Clinic
responsible for providing medical assistance pursuant to the Rural
Health Development Agency Act. providing health care to the underserved
counties, women, infants and children.
Reddix–Smalls has also supervised and litigated voting rights
legislation for the entire state of South Carolina, implementing single
member districts for municipalities and several school boards across
the state. She handled three death penalty trials as co–counsel
and acted as general counsel for six years for a small municipality in
South Carolina. As city prosecutor in Lake City, SC she was responsible
for city–wide trials with in the jurisdiction.
She is most proud of her civil rights litigation record, handling
police brutality cases, employment discrimination and bank lending
discrimination from the district court through the Fourth Circuit Court
of Appeals.
She also served as an adjunct professor at South Carolina State
University, and instructor at Midlands Technical College.
She is a member of the American Bar Association, American Intellectual
Property Association, National Association of Black Women Attorneys,
and the National Legal Aid and Public Defenders.


