The Murdaugh Family

The Murdaugh family is a prominent American legal family in the Low Country region of South Carolina. From 1920 to 2006, three members of the family consecutively served as solicitors in charge of prosecuting all criminal cases in the state's 14th circuit district, leading locals to call the five-county district, "Murdaugh Country." The family also founded a nationally recognized civil litigation law firm in Hampton, South Carolina that specializes in personal injury litigation. Despite all of this success, the legacy of this family is marked with legal issues, including corruption, insurance fraud, drug charges, and five murders in the last six years.