Josh Lonon practices in the areas of real estate, business and municipal law. He is rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell, the highest available rating for legal experience and competence. A graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law, where Josh served as both Managing Editor of the Southeastern Environmental Law Journal and a nationally competing member of the Moot Court Bar, he began his legal career as law clerk for the Hon. G. Thomas Cooper, Jr., Judge for South Carolina’s Fifth Judicial Circuit. Josh then practiced with a firm in Columbia, South Carolina in the areas of title insurance defense litigation and complex commercial transactions.

Before returning to his home town of Spartanburg, he worked as South Carolina state counsel for a national title insurance company, handling underwriting decisions and assisting attorneys across the state with legal research and solutions for real estate problems. In his role, Josh often wrote and presented materials for continuing educations seminars to attorneys across the state. He continues to speak at numerous legal seminars every year.

Josh founded his own firm in Spartanburg in 2007 and joined Johnson, Smith, Hibbard & Wildman in 2014. He serves as an officer on the Real Estate Practices Section for the South Carolina Bar and as Chair of the Board of Zoning and Appeals for the City of Spartanburg. He has served on many non-profit boards including, most recently, as the chairman of the board for Healthy Smiles of Spartanburg.  Josh has also served as representative for both the Fifth and Seventh Judicial Circuits for the Young Lawyers Division of the South Carolina Bar, and as representative of the YLD to the American Bar Association. In 2007, Josh co-founded Justice Jam, an event to raise funds for the Bar’s Pro Bono Program.

Josh is a graduate of Leadership Spartanburg and a Spartanburg Regional Fellow. He resides in Spartanburg with his wife, Julie, and his two sons, Alex and Charlie.

Josh enjoys Crossfit, running, hiking, and other outdoor activities.