Who is Judge Clifton Newman's wife Patricia?
Michael Hansen
Published Aug 23, 2026
A HOMICIDE investigation resulted in one suspect's conviction for Paul and Maggie Murdaugh's deaths.
Clifton Newman was selected as the judge to preside over Alex Murdaugh's murder trial.
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Who is Judge Clifton Newman's wife Patricia?
While attending Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Clifton Newman met fellow student and future wife Patricia.
Following their college graduation, Clifton and Patricia started a family.
Sometime later, they relocated from Ohio to Columbia, South Carolina.
Their decision was attributed to the long distances their children would have to commute in order to attend integrated schools.
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How many kids does Judge Clifton Newman have?
Judge Newman and Patricia have four children together.
They have two daughters named Jocelyn and Kellee and two sons named Corwyn and Brian.
While two of their kids have taken on careers as an engineer and a mathematician, Clifton and Patricia's other two children decided to follow in their father's footsteps.
His son Brian was Columbia's youngest-serving councilman.
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Just like Clifton, Jocelyn Newman is also a circuit court judge.
On January 3, 2023, Judge Newman and Patricia suffered a great loss when Brian died after suffering from a blood clot in his heart that triggered a cardiac arrest.
Who is Judge Clifton Newman?
Born on November 7, 1951, Clifton Newman is an American attorney and at-large circuit court judge from Kingstree, South Carolina.
After he graduated from law school, he formed his first practice Belcher & Newman in Ohio.
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On May 24, 2000, Newman was elected to his above-mentioned position by the South Carolina General Assembly.
He was re-elected to the position three additional times via acclamation.
Judge Newman has presided over the high-profile trials of Alex Murdaugh, Nathaniel Rowland, Mikal Mahdi, and Michael Slager.
On March 2, 2023, he handed down Alex Murdaugh's guilty verdict.
