Diane Goodstein Latest News 6 oct 2025

Here’s what I found on Diane Goodstein (also known as Diane Schafer Goodstein)

🧑‍⚖️ Biography & Career

Full name: Diane Schafer Goodstein
Born in 1955 in Dillon, South Carolina
Education:
• Bachelor’s degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Juris Doctor (law degree) from University of North Carolina School of Law, earned in 1981
Early legal career:
• 1981–1983: Associate at Goodstein, Bowling, Douglas & Phillips
• 1983–1998: Partner / Vice President at Goodstein & Goodstein, P.A. (with her husband)
• 1986–1988: County Attorney for Dorchester County, South Carolina
Judicial career:
• In May 1998, she was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly as a Resident Circuit Judge for the 1st Judicial Circuit.
• She has been re-elected, for example in 2016 and again in 2022, to continue serving in that capacity.
• Her jurisdiction includes Calhoun, Dorchester, and Orangeburg counties in South Carolina.

In October 2025, her beachfront home in Edisto, South Carolina caught fire. The fire resulted in injuries to three people, including her husband, former Senator Arnold Goodstein.
In escaping, Arnold Goodstein allegedly jumped from part of the home and was airlifted with fractures and injuries.
At the time of the fire, Diane Goodstein was not at home.
There have been past death threats and criticisms related to her judicial decisions, especially in politically sensitive cases concerning voter data and privacy.

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