IronsideCriminal DefenseIronsideCriminal DefenseThe attorneys
A former state and federal prosecutor who has tried more than 25 cases and handled thousands more, on both sides of a criminal case.
Founding partner
Brandi Hinton's first experience arguing cases took place before she even had a license to practice, when she participated on the Moot Court Board and Student Trial Lawyers Association at Charleston School of Law. She began her career clerking for the Honorable Mikell R. Scarborough in Charleston County at the height of the foreclosure crisis, on a docket full of people facing the worst financial stretch of their lives.
She then spent eight years at the 13th Circuit Solicitor's Office in Greenville and Pickens counties, where she handled thousands of cases and tried more than 25 of them, including armed robbery, burglary, domestic violence, drug trafficking, bank robbery, and fraud.
Brandi later served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina alongside her partner, Sloan Ellis. She was assigned to the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, where she prosecuted large-scale drug trafficking. She also handled racketeering cases, known as RICO, along with the violent crimes charged alongside them, and complex financial cases including wire fraud, money laundering, and Paycheck Protection Program fraud. She was one of the prosecutors on the largest federal racketeering conspiracy in South Carolina history, and she received the 2021 U.S. Attorney's Award for excellence in prosecution.
She has worked alongside Sloan Ellis at nearly every stage of her career, and she knows exactly how to prepare a case for trial. Having tried cases from the other side, she also knows which ones a prosecutor is ready to put in front of a jury and which ones they would rather resolve. This is how she approaches every case she takes.
Juris Doctor, Charleston School of Law
Bachelor's, University of South Carolina
Admitted, South Carolina Bar, 2009
Judicial Clerk, Hon. Mikell R. Scarborough, Charleston County
Haynsworth-Perry Inn of Court
James L. Petigru Inn of Court
What Brandi handles
Both partners manage every case the firm takes, whatever the charge.
Where we appear
Ironside Criminal Defense is based in Greenville and appears across South Carolina, in state court and in federal court. Where your case is filed does not change who handles it.
What happens next
In your own words, at your own pace. We will ask questions, and some of them will be uncomfortable. Nothing you say surprises us.
What the charge actually means, how it is usually handled, and what is realistic. Including the parts you would rather not hear.
What we intend to do, what we need from you, and what happens on what date. You should never be surprised by a result.
We make the first move, so the prosecutor reviewing your file sees a person with a story rather than a name on a warrant.
On costCost is usually the first question, and we answer it before you decide anything. If your case goes to trial, our fee does not go up.
Contact
What comes next depends on how you move forward from it. Tell us what happened, and we will tell you what you are facing. Our consultations are free, and with an attorney.
21 Augusta Street, Suite C
Greenville, SC 29601
Free, and with an attorney. Sloan or Brandi reads every inquiry.