Robert Louis Bank, Jr. graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice in 2010. Subsequently, he graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2013. He then began is legal career with the Richland County Public Defender’s Office from 2013-2022. He completed an International Fellowship with the International Legal Foundation in Myanmar in 2018-2019. He currently is the Deputy Chief Attorney with the Capital Trial Division within the South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense.