A longtime South Carolina resident, Stephen Krzyston holds a bachelor of science in political science from the College of Charleston and a juris doctor from the Charleston School of Law. While working toward his law degree, he completed an internship with the District of Columbia Public Defender Service and clerkships with the Charleston County Public Defender, the Capital Trial Division of the Commission on Indigent Defense, and the Law Office of Richard D. Carter. Stephen Krzyston’s began practicing as an attorney in 2012 as an assistant public defender in Columbia, South Carolina.
Mr. Krzyston has been a trial attorney with the Columbia law firm of Cavanaugh & Thickens since 2019. His work at this firm revolves around representing clients in catastrophic personal injury and negligence cases. To augment his professional activities, Stephen Krzyston holds membership in several law organizations, including the Richland County Bar Association and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.