The Honorable Huntley Smith Crouch was born in Florence, South Carolina to H. Edward Smith and Terrell S. Smith.

Judge Crouch was raised in Barnwell, attending public schools, and graduating with honors from Barnwell High School in 1990. Judge Crouch attended the College of Charleston, graduating cum laude in three years with a B.A. in English. While in college, she was the president of the English Club and a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority where she served as the scholarship chair.

In 1998, Judge Crouch received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. During law school, Judge Crouch was Associate Justice of Writing and Research for the USC School of Law Moot Court bar, and she competed as a member of the Craven Competition team. She worked as an assistant for Carolina Distinguished Professor of Law, David G. Owen, researching and editing Owen, Products Liability Law, West, 2005. She was a member of Phi Delta Phi legal honor society.

Following law school Judge Crouch served as a law clerk for the late Honorable Wyatt T. Saunders, and she then transitioned into private practice where she ultimately focused exclusively on family law. She has worked extensively as a Guardian ad Litem, and she is also a certified Family Court mediator. Judge Crouch is a member of the South Carolina Bar where she served on the Children’s Law Committee and the Guardian ad Litem task force. She was also a member of the Lexington County Bar where she served as the mediation chair on the executive committee. She has served as a member of the fee disputes board for the 11th Judicial Circuit.

Judge Crouch is happiest when she watches her children play sports, travels to the mountains with her husband, or finds the perfect Christmas tree.

Judge Crouch was elected by the South Carolina Legislature as a Family Court Judge, 11th Judicial Circuit, Seat 2, on February 7, 2018.