Burr & Forman is pleased to announce the addition of Counsel Jarrett Bouchette to the firm's Myrtle Beach office in the General Commercial Litigation Practice Group, where he focuses on commercial and business litigation, litigation in the Probate Court involving trusts, estates, and fiduciaries, and complex criminal defense in State and Federal Court.

“We’re excited to welcome Jarrett to our Myrtle Beach office,” said Bhumi Patel, managing partner of the firm’s Myrtle Beach office. “His experience in commercial, business, and trusts and estates litigation will bolster and strengthen our ability to serve clients locally and throughout our firm’s network.”

Jarrett's litigation experience includes a wide range high stakes civil and criminal matters. During the course of his career, he has tried cases before judges and juries involving subjects as diverse as breach of contract and unfair trade practices to criminal domestic violence and murder. Some of Jarrett’s cases have been the subject of statewide, national, and even international media attention. His clients have included corporations, successful businesspeople, governmental entities, as well as indigent defendants in both State and Federal Court. Additionally, Jarrett represents licensed professionals such as nurses and contractors in disciplinary proceeding before licensing boards such as the South Carolina Department of Labor Licensing and Regulation (LLR).

Jarrett is active in the legal community. He has published articles on civil procedure and substantive criminal law. He previously served as a board member for the South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers representing the 15th judicial circuit, and is a founding member of that organization’s educational foundation. He is a 2023 graduate of the National Criminal Defense College, a multi-week intensive program designed to enhance participating attorneys’ trial skills. In 2024 Jarrett was recognized as a “Legal Elite” among South Carolina attorneys in the category of White-Collar criminal defense.

Jarrett obtained his J.D. from Charleston School of Law and his B.S. from College of Charleston.