Brandi Batson Hinton

Brandi Hinton is a former federal and state prosecutor who has handled thousands of criminal cases both as a prosecutor and as a defense attorney. A Columbia, South Carolina, native and a graduate of the University of South Carolina, Brandi attended the Charleston School of Law where she was a member of the Moot Court Board, Student Trial Lawyers Association, Phi Delta Phi, Orientation Committee, Academic Support Search Committee, James L. Pettigru Inn of Court, and served on the Alumni Association Board. Upon graduation from law school, she was named to the Charleston School of Law Forensic Club.

Brandi clerked for the Hon. Mikell R. Scarborough during the height of the foreclosure crisis in Charleston County. She then worked in the 13th Circuit Solicitor’s Office in both Greenville and Pickens counties for eight years, where she handled thousands of cases and tried over 25 cases involving murder, criminal sexual conduct, armed robbery, burglary, domestic violence, white collar, drug trafficking, and bank robbery.

Brandi, along with her partner Sloan Ellis, was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina. As a federal prosecutor, she was assigned to the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force where she prosecuted large scale drug trafficking crimes. She also prosecuted complex white collar crimes such as wire fraud, money laundering, and Paycheck Protection Program fraud in addition to racketeering (RICO), violent crimes in aid of racketeering (VICAR), bank robbery, and Hobbs Act robbery cases. Brandi was on the team of prosecutors who prosecuted the largest federal racketeering conspiracy in South Carolina history. She was the recipient of the 2021 U.S. Attorney’s Award for excellence in prosecution.

Outside of work, Brandi is a member of the Haynsworth-Perry Inn of Court.