Joshua Preston Stokes

Joshua P. Stokes is committed to providing his clients with the highest quality of legal services available in the Lowcountry and South Carolina as a whole. Mr. Stokes graduated from Presbyterian College in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science in Physics and a minor in Computer Science. He was a member of the Charleston School of Law’s inaugural class earning his Juris Doctor in May 2007. Mr. Stokes was admitted to the South Carolina Bar at the end of 2007, and began his legal career as an attorney at the Law Offices of Paul E. Tinkler located in downtown Charleston, South Carolina in December 2007. In June 2010, Mr. Stokes opened the Law Office of Joshua P. Stokes, LLC. In September 2011, Mr. Stokes and Peter M. McCoy, Jr. merged their individual practices to form McCoy & Stokes, LLC. In April 2013, Mr. Stokes was one of five lawyers throughout South Carolina selected as a 2013 Super Lawyers Rising Star in the practice areas of Divorce and Family Law. Mr. Stokes was again selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2014 and 2015. Mr. Stokes is also pleased to have received and maintain an AV Preeminent peer review rating, the highest rating possible, from Martindale-Hubbell.

Mr. Stokes is admitted to practice in all state courts in South Carolina and the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. He is a member of the American Bar Association, South Carolina Bar Association, and Charleston County Bar Association. Since his admission to the South Carolina Bar in 2007, Mr. Stokes has practiced extensively in the state courts of South Carolina from municipal courts and ciruit courts across the state to the South Carolina Court of Appeals as well as the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Mr. Stokes is originally from Anderson, South Carolina, but he has lived in Charleston since 2004. He and his wife, Julianne, reside on James Island with their three young children. The couple met while at Presbyterian College as members of the Presbyterian College Concert Choir, and both continue to be avid singers to this day. Mr. Stokes has been a member of the Charleston Men’s Chorus since he moved to Charleston in 2004. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Chorus since August 2008, was elected as the Board’s Vice President for the Chorus’ 2009 – 2010 performace season, served as the President of the Chorus’ Board of Directors from 2010 through 2013, and served as the Treasurer of the Chorus' Board of Directors since 2013. Mr. Stokes was elected to the James Island Town Council in July 2014, and he serves on the Session of James Island Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian College Alumni Board of Directors.