About April Porter

April D. Porter, an Attorney who began practicing law in 2000, has a private practice focusing on all types of litigation throughout the State of South Carolina. Mrs. Porter appears in Family Court, Magistrate Court, General Sessions, Circuit Court, Probate Court, Municipal Court, and Administrative Law Court.

Mrs. Porter was born in Kershaw County, South Carolina, and graduated from Lugoff-Elgin High School. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Charleston and a Doctorate of Jurisprudence from Mississippi College School of Law.

In addition to private practice, Mrs. Porter is a Certified Family Court Mediator. She has served as the Attorney for the City of Chester, a contract attorney for the South Carolina Legal Services, and a Magistrate Court Judge. Mrs. Porter is admitted to practice in South Carolina and before the U.S. District Court of South Carolina. She is a member of the South Carolina Bar, the Chester County, and York County Bar. She has been a member of the South Carolina Association for Justice and the American Bar Association. Mrs. Porter was recently admitted to the South Carolina Family Law Inn of Court.

Mrs. Porter is married to Colonel Robert Dixon Burton and is the proud mother of her four children, Trey, Noble, Barrett, and Ella. She loves volunteering, running races, traveling, and cooking in her free time.

Mrs. Porter’s favorite bible verse is Amos 5:24: “But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream.”