¡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