Biography

Sydney Douglas is an associate attorney at SMITH | ROBINSON. Sydney earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of South Carolina (UofSC) School of Law in 2022. During law school, she served as a Senior Associate Editor-in-Chief for the South Carolina Law Review. She also served as President of Health Law Society and participated in other various student organizations including Women in Law, the Student Bar Association, and the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force. Sydney earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Drexel University in 2013. While at Drexel, she was a member of the women’s soccer team.

Before joining SMITH | ROBINSON, Sydney was a judicial extern at the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina and an in-house counsel extern at Lexington Medical Center. She also worked as a law clerk for the South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee and as a research assistant for Dean Susan S. Kuo with University of South Carolina School of Law. Prior to attending law school, Sydney was an office manager and billing director for a private optometry practice in California.

  • South Carolina
  • U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, 2023

  • University of South Carolina School of Law, Juris Doctor, cum laude, 2022
  • Drexel University, B.S., 2013

  • South Carolina Bar
  • Richland County Bar Association 
  • South Carolina Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA)
  • International Legal Honor Society of Phi Delta Phi