Personal Information

• Attorney
• Residing at 1486 Cureton Dr., Rock Hill
• Born December 19, 1952
• Son of Robert Wesley and Wilbur (Kirkland) Hayes
• United States Military Academy in West Point, B.S., 1975
• University of South Carolina, J.D., 1983
• January 8, 1977 married Sarah Mellon Shurley, 3 children, Robert Wesley III, James Creighton, and Margaret Mellon
• President of Class of 1975 & Battalion Commander at West Point
• President, Student Bar Association, University of South Carolina, 1982-83
• Law Review, 1981-83
• Order of the Coif
• Law firm of Robert W. Hayes, Jr. LLC
• Executive Council, South Carolina Young Lawyers Division of State Bar, 1984-87
• Executive Council, South Carolina National Guard Association, 1990-92, 2001-03
• Board, Guardian Fidelity Mortgage Corporation
• Westminster Towers
• South Carolina Bank & Trust of the Piedmont
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
• Chairman, York County Red Cross, 2004
• Chairman, York District Boy Scouts of America, 1985-91
• Chairman, Rock Hill United Way Campaign, 1992
• Chairman, State Government and United Way Campaign, 2011
• President, Palmetto Council Boy Scouts of America, 2010-
• South Carolina Jaycees Outstanding Young American Award, 1990
• Recipient of The Compleat Lawyer Award by University of South Carolina Law School Alumni Association, 1996
• South Carolina Chamber of Commerce Public Servant of the Year, 2006
• 2010 David H. Wilkins Award for Excellence in Legislative Leadership by the Riley Institue at Furman
• Westminster Presbyterian Church
• United States Army, 82nd Airborne Division, 1975-80
• South Carolina Army National Guard, 1980-05
• Master Parachutist, Ranger, Legion of Merit Award, Colonel