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Law firm data

Law firms in Dorchester County, South Carolina

We counted 35 law firms, all with a website we read.

The Census Bureau counts 60 law offices with paid employees here (County Business Patterns 2023). Our count equals about 58% of that. That makes this a sample, not every firm. Page updated November 11, 2026.

What these numbers say

Dorchester County holds 35 of the 1,301 firms we counted in South Carolina (3%). It ranks 12th among the 22 areas of the state with a firm page.

We read the website of 35 of its 35 firms (100%).

With 167,201 residents, that is about 2.1 firms counted per 10,000 residents. The federal count is 2.97 law offices per 10,000 residents.

On the websites we read here, the practices advertised most are personal injury, criminal defense and estate planning. Across the state, the most advertised is personal injury.

This page joins our dataset of law firm websites (November 9, 2026) with official state registries and the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns 2023 counts. How this data is built and checked.

Practices advertised on the websites read

Firms with an office here

Names appear as the firm’s site or the registry gives them, and can include a lawyer’s name. A row that is only one person’s name, or a registry status such as “retired”, is counted above and not listed here.

Dorchester County in figures

Residents, law offices and the demand agencies count in this county, from the open datasets behind the market pages.

MeasureValuePeriodPlaceSource
Bankruptcy cases filed219
cases, 12 months		12 months ending 2026-09-30Dorchester County, SC
county		bankruptcy v2.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23962892
record bankruptcy-45035 · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Fatal crashes33
crashes		2024Dorchester County, SC
county		fatal-crashes v2.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23963480
record fatal-crashes:45035 · status P · checked 2026-10-27
Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: employment24
cases filed, fiscal year		FY2025Dorchester County, SC
county		federal-filings-county v2.0.1 doi:10.5281/zenodo.24024299
record federal-filings-county:45035 · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: personal injury9
cases filed, fiscal year		FY2025Dorchester County, SC
county		federal-filings-county v2.0.1 doi:10.5281/zenodo.24024299
record federal-filings-county:45035 · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Law offices per 10,000 residents2.97
per 10,000 residents		2026-Q1Dorchester County, SC
county		law-offices v2.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23963687
record law-offices-45035 · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Self-employed lawyers (nonemployer firms)83
firms		latest Nonemployer Statistics yearDorchester County, SC
county		law-offices v2.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23963687
record law-offices-45035 · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Private law offices53
establishments		2026-Q1Dorchester County, SC
county		law-offices v2.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23963687
record law-offices-45035 · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Residents167,201
residents		2020-2024Dorchester County, SC
county		legal-need v1.1.1 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23957291
record legal-need-45035 · status P · checked 2026-10-31
Spanish speakers with limited English3,122 ±617
people age 5+		2020-2024Dorchester County, SC
county		legal-need v1.1.1 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23957291
record legal-need-45035 · status P · checked 2026-10-31
Veterans14,738 ±1,265
civilians age 18+		2020-2024Dorchester County, SC
county		legal-need v1.1.1 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23957291
record legal-need-45035 · status P · checked 2026-10-31

Data and licences

Firm rows: CSV downloads under the Open Database License 1.0 (ODbL), with © OpenStreetMap contributors. Counts by state, county and practice: CC BY 4.0 dataset.

A firm can ask for a correction or to be left out on the data corrections page; we act within 7 days.

What each fact means

Practices
Practice areas the firm names on its own site: links, headings or practice pages.
Spanish pages
A Spanish version of the site, a page read in Spanish, or a link labelled Español.
24/7 intake
The site says it answers around the clock (for example "available 24/7").
Free consultation
The site offers a free consultation or case review.
No fee unless they win
The site states a contingency fee or no fee unless the case is won.
Chat, booking
A chat tool or an online booking tool on the site.
Structured data
schema.org LegalService or Attorney markup on the pages read.
Registry firm
Listed in an official state registry; the registry facts are shown.
Checked
The date we last read the firm's site or the registry.

A label appears on a firm's card when its own site says so, and links to the page we read it on when we kept that page. These are statements on websites, not ratings: we never score or rank a firm. A firm can ask for a correction or to be left out on the data corrections page; we act within 7 days.