I grew up in the upstate of South Carolina attending Mauldin High School and graduated in 1987. Prior to graduating in 1987, I was on the Mauldin High School Debate Team and won the State Championship in my junior year and senior years.  I was a scholarship debater for the University of South Carolina from 1987 to 1992. During that time, I won numerous awards as top speaker and debate champion for the Southeastern Cross Examination Debate Association. I graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. I then attended graduate school at The School of Law at the University of South Carolina, ultimately graduating in 1998. In the fall of 1998, I was made a partner at Turnipseed, Ridge and Boan in Spartanburg, SC which later became Turnipseed and Boan. I was managing partner until 2006, at which time I relocated my firm to the Lowcountry and established Boan Law Firm, LLC in Surfside Beach and Aynor, SC. I have continuously practiced in the Lowcountry since 2006 in both State and Federal Court, practicing on all levels in the South Carolina judicial system including Magistrate, Common Pleas, General Sessions, Probate Court, and Family Court.