Practice Groups

Business, Complex Trials, Civil and Business Litigation and Appeals, Contracts, Estate Planning, Litigation, Negligence Defense, and Personal Injury

Education

- Military College of South Carolina, The Citadel, B.A. 2000
- Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, J.D. 2003

Admitted

- All courts in South Carolina and Georgia.
- U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth & Eleventh Circuits

Memberships

- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Assocation
- Defense Research Institute
- South Carolina State Bar Association
- Georgia State Bar Association - Florence County Bar Association

Activities

- Central United Methodist Church, Board of Trustees, Class of 2013 www.centralmethodist.net

- Young Professionals of Florence, Founding Member, Board Member www.ypflorence.com

- Florence Kiwanis Club, Member and Committee Chair www.kiwanisclub.org

- The School Foundation Board of Directors, Member www.theschoolfoundation.org

- Florence Downtown Development Corporation Board of Directors, Vice-Chair

- Florence After Five Committee, Chair

- HopeHealth Board of Directors, Chairman

- Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce, Member, Board of Directors

AWARDS

- 2009 SC Chamber Leader of Tomorrow

- 2009 Young Professional of the Year

- 2009 Kiwanian of the Year

- 2007 Leadership Florence Most Outstanding Participant Award

Biography

Edward A. Love was born in Charleston, South Carolina on March 3, 1978 and raised in Florence where he graduated from South Florence High School

While attending the Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, he was a member of the 2000 Summerall Guards, President of the Rugby Club, and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice in 2000. He received his Juris Doctor from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University in 2003. While at Mercer, Ed participated in and coached for the Moot Court Board. He also served as Chief Justice of the Honor Court

Upon graduating from Mercer, Ed practiced law in Macon, Georgia with the law firm of Almand & Wiggins. While there he practiced in state and federal courts, including the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. His focus was on litigation, particularly in the areas of planning, zoning, land use, state and federal civil rights claims, contract disputes, construction bond disputes, personal injury, and state and federal criminal law.

In 2005, after the birth of his first child Andrew, Ed returned to Florence and has practiced with the Willcox Law Firm since that time.  He is married to Ashley Canup Love, also a native of Florence, and they have three sons, Andrew (2004), Henry (2007) and Jacob (2009).