Deputy Solicitors
Richland County
Daniel Goldberg
Daniel Goldberg is a Circuit Deputy Solicitor for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, which covers Richland and Kershaw Counties. He earned a B.A. degree from the University of Florida in 2000 and received his Juris Doctor degree from the University Of South Carolina School Of Law in 2004.
In the fall of 2003, he joined the Fifth Circuit as a law clerk and has been working there ever since.
Throughout that time, he has served as an Assistant Solicitor and later as a Team Leader assigned to prosecute an assortment of violent crimes to include Murder, Armed Robbery, Sexual Assault and Burglary.
In January of 2011, Mr. Goldberg was appointed to the position of Deputy Solicitor, where he was tasked with a variety of additional management and administrative responsibilities. January 2025, he promoted to Circuit Deputy Solicitor.
Mr. Goldberg has previously spoken at numerous training seminars presented by, among others, the South Carolina Bar, the Magistrates Advisory Council, the South Carolina Solicitor’s Association, the South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination, and the University of South Carolina. Additionally, he has made it a regular practice during his career to take part in various law enforcement, educational, and community outreach programs.
Anna Browder
Anna Browder is a Deputy Solicitor for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, which covers Richland and Kershaw Counties. She earned a B.A. degree in Corporate Communications and a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the College of Charleston in 2002 and received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2005.
She began her legal career as a law clerk for the late Honorable James Johnson. After her tenure with Judge Johnson, she worked in the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office under Solicitor Barney Giese as an Assistant Solicitor in the Fifth Circuit, where she worked for four years before entering private practice in 2010. While in private practice, Mrs. Browder maintained her own law firm handling both criminal and civil matters. In 2018, Mrs. Browder rejoined the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office where she has worked as an Assistant Solicitor and Team Leader handling the prosecutions of major felonies, with a focus on special victim cases and abuse. In January 2025, she was promoted to Deputy Solicitor.
Over her career, Mrs. Browder has spoken at training seminars presented by the South Carolina Bar, University of South Carolina, and South Carolina Probation, Pardon, and Parole, as well as local community events focusing on special victim cases.
Kershaw County
Curtis A. Pauling, III
Curtis A. Pauling, III is the Deputy Solicitor for the Kershaw County office of the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
He earned a B.A. degree in English from Clemson University in 1997 and received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2000.
He was sworn into the South Carolina Bar in November 2000.
Upon graduation from law school, he clerked for the Honorable L. Casey Manning, Circuit Court Judge for the Fifth Judicial Circuit.
In August 2001, Mr. Pauling joined the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office as an Assistant Solicitor in Richland County.
June 2004, he joined the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office where he prosecuted a wide variety of criminal cases across the state to include criminal domestic violence, internet crimes, murder, and drug trafficking.
He was a member of the State Grand Jury Division prosecution team from 2005 until 2014.
In June of 2014, Mr. Pauling returned to the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office as an Assistant Solicitor in the Kershaw County office. In January of 2019, he was promoted to Deputy Solicitor for the Kershaw County office.