Greg McCollum is the managing partner of the Complete Legal Defense Team, located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The Complete Legal Defense Team defends the accused who have a lot to lose. Prior to going into private practice, Greg worked for over five years as a felony court prosecutor. He successfully prosecuted hundreds of cases in Horry and Georgetown counties. He has tried cases of every type of crime imaginable, from murder cases to every type of assault, sexual assault, robbery, kidnapping as well as every type of drug case from trafficking to possession.

In 1994, Greg was selected as the first prosecutor for the newly formed centralized DUI Jury Court in Horry County, and served as the prosecuting attorney in Horry County for every highway patrol DUI case made in the greater Myrtle Beach area. As a prosecutor and defense attorney, Greg has gone to trial in over two hundred cases, including over one hundred DUI trials.

Greg lives in Myrtle Beach with his wife and three children. He is a parishioner of Saint Andrew Catholic Church and a former member of the First Methodist Church in Myrtle Beach. He has served on numerous boards and committees including the Grand Strand YMCA, Myrtle Beach area Chamber of Commerce, the Small Business Council, the Children’s Museum of South Carolina, the South Carolina Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, and others. He is also a member of the Myrtle Beach Rotary Club. Formerly, he coached the Myrtle Beach High School mock trial team and his daughter’s girls’ soccer. Currently, he coaches the St. Andrew Catholic Middle School mock trial team. He serves on the Public Defender Selection Committee and is a past chairman of the Horry County Democratic party.

Greg graduated from Clemson University and the University of South Carolina School of law. He grew up in a small town, Easley, South Carolina and lived in New York City for three years working for Columbia Pictures. In 1988 he began practicing criminal law in the Myrtle Beach area as a public defender, and then as a prosecutor, before opening a criminal defense practice. He is recognized as one of the top criminal defense lawyers in the Myrtle Beach area.

At the Complete Legal Defense Team, We Defend the Accused Who Have a Lot to Lose. "Having a lot to lose" means most of our clients are good people who have built a good life and do not want an arrest or charge to cost them everything. If you are a good person dragged into the criminal justice system, you may not know what to expect. The system is built to process criminals, not help good people. Once arrested, you figure out you are not really presumed innocent. If you have built a good life and want to protect what you have built, contact us to see if we can help you. Most of our clients have never been arrested before and therefore are people who have a lot to lose. If we accept your case, our team goes to work for you.