The Hon. Dale Atkinson is a judge for the Sumter County Probate Court in South Carolina. He was elected to the bench in 2002.
Atkins earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from St. Leo University and a master’s degree in public administration from Troy State University. He spent the next twenty-seven years as an officer with the Sumter Police Department.
Atkinson was born and raised in Sumter, South Carolina, where he graduated from Sumter High School. He and his wife, Virginia, reside in the Oswego Community. They have four daughters. When not presiding over legal proceedings, Atkinson enjoys hunting, fishing, and volunteering as a hunting, boating, and firearms instructor for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.