Charleston defense lawyer Andy Savage has long been the guy who you want on your side if you are in real trouble. In his illustrious five-decade career, he’s worked with everyone from cold-blooded murderers and fraudsters to grieving families and survivors of cold-blooded shootings.
By this time next year — probably sooner — he’ll be retired, hanging up his legal spurs after 50 years in the state’s courtrooms. He’ll spend more time with his wife, Cheryl, four children and 10 grandchildren. He’ll read. He’ll relax a bit. And he’ll remember the good he says is in everyone, not the bad some of them have shown.
Keys to success
Looking back, Savage says the best thing he learned that made him a much sought-after attorney came from two years of driving a taxi in New York City as a student at Fordham University. He said he learned to listen and communicate with a wide variety of people.
“There’s something intimate about a cab driver and a passenger because you don’t know them,” he said earlier this month, adding that many of his fares seemed to be in some kind of personal crisis…