Work

Eighth Circuit Solicitors Office Greenwood, Abbeville, Laurens and Newberry Counties

2007-2009: Assistant Solicitor Abbeville County
2009-2010: Deputy Solicitor Newberry County
2010: The Ronnie Cole Law Firm, Anderson South Carolina
2015: C. Austin McDaniel, Attorney At Law, Anderson South Carolina

Speaking Engagements

2011: Criminal Law Essentials, Speaker, South Carolina Bar Association, Columbia South Carolina

2012: You Can Get There From Here: A Road Map for A Successful DUI Practice, Presenter/Speaker South Carolina Bar Association, Columbia South Carolina

2014: Upstate Judicial Association, DUI Case Law Update, Speaker/Presenter, Clemson South Carolina

Articles

2012:  Handling Traffic Case in South Carolina “Sleep Driving or Your Worst Nightmare” By. C. Austin McDaniel and Ronnie M. Cole

2012: The Collateral Consequences of a DUI charge

Training & Experience

2008: Prosecuting the impaired driver, South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination, Charleston South Carolina

2009: Datamaster DMT certification, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) Columbia South Carolina

2010: Datamaster DMT re-certification and training course, South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (SCACDL) Litchfield South Carolina

2011: Certified on DUI detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST)

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (24 hour course)
Atlanta Georgia

Certified on Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (16 hour course)
Atlanta Georgia

Certified Drug Recognition Expert Course (DRE)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (24 course)
Atlanta Georgia

2013: Re-Certified on DUI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (24 course) Atlanta Georgia

2014: South Carolina Court Of Appeals Argued as Appellant, State v. Abraham www.sccourts.org/opinions/HTMLFiles/COA/5238.pdf