Hey, this is Trey. Thank you for joining us for the Tuesday edition of our podcast.

I want you to imagine sitting in your single person law office one afternoon, and you get a call from the governor of your state saying, I want you to be the brand new district attorney or circuit solicitor, as we call it,

in South Carolina. And I want you to start on Monday. Most prosecutors have months, sometimes a year

to prepare to take office, but not this time. Our guest today had a weekend to get ready.

She had to close her own vibrant law practice, take over what I think is the largest

prosecutor's office in the state of South Carolina, probably close to 15,000 warrants a year,

maybe more.

So let that sink in for just a second. 15,000 warrants.

Did have to be investigated, vetted, scrutinized, prosecuted.

Look, I did the job that she now does.

I had six months to prepare, and we did not have 15,000 warrants a year.

So if you've ever wondered what it's like to be a prosecutor, what it's really

like, not TV, not miniseries, not movies, then I want you to meet our guest today. Her name is

Cindy Crick. Welcome, Madam Circuit Solicitor. How are you? I'm good. How are you? And I have to

correct the record. I actually got appointed on a Friday.

I got up from my desk and went over to the courthouse within the hour and got sworn in and started.

So I really honestly did not have until Monday. So it's been a world then to say the least, but I'm thrilled to be here.

You know, I have always told people that you reminded me. I had three sisters. For some reason,

God was upset with me from a very early point of my life. But you would really be like my fourth

sister. And just like my other three, you relished the chance

to correct me. So I, okay, so you didn't have a weekend. You had however long it takes to drive

from your law office to the courthouse. I want to start before that then. I want to start with a young Cindy Smith before you became

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