Joseph Preston Strom

Joseph Preston "Pete" Strom, Jr. is the managing partner at Strom Law Firm, L.L.C., where he has been a champion for justice since 1984. Born in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1959, Pete earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of South Carolina in 1981, where he was President of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He continued his education at the University of South Carolina School of Law, obtaining his J.D. in 1984.

After law school, Pete served as a law clerk for the Honorable Frank Eppes, a South Carolina State Trial Court Judge. In 1985, he became an Assistant Solicitor in the Fifth Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office, managing over 200 drug cases, including the largest heroin trafficking case in South Carolina at that time.

After gaining experience in private practice as a partner in three law firms, Pete was appointed as the United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina in 1993. Appointed by Attorney General Janet Reno, he was the youngest U.S. Attorney in the nation at that time. During his tenure, he established the Violent Crimes Task Force in South Carolina, praised by Attorney General Reno as a national model. Pete also served on various Justice Department committees focusing on organized crime, white collar crime, sentencing guidelines, and juvenile justice. Additionally, he attended the Harvard University Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government.