John D. Solar

Associate

Born in Deland, Florida; Admitted to the South Carolina Bar in November 2018; United States District Court for the District of South Carolina in 2022. 

Education: University of North Florida (B.A., Magna Cum Laude, 2015); University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D. 2018); South Carolina Journal of International Law and Business, Editorial Board; Moot Court, Executive Council; Cali Award, Criminal Practice Clinic; Cali Award, Rule of Law Seminar

Member: South Carolina Bar

Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Criminal Defense

History: Prior to joining Clarkson Walsh & Coulter, John was an Assistant Solicitor for the 13th Circuit Solicitor’s Office (Greenville, Pickens County), where his primary focus was the prosecution of financial crimes, domestic violence and drug offenses from 2019 to 2022; Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Thomas A. Russo, Circuit Court Judge, in 2019. While in law school, John was a law clerk for the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office in the Securities Enforcement Division and in the Medicaid Provider Fraud Unit.