Jeb Butler
Jeb Butler is an associate whose work at Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer, LLP has involved product liability, trucking, road wrecks, breaches of fiduciary duty, premises liability, and false arrest. He wins cases for his clients with his hard work, focus, and creativity.
Jeb has seen the courtroom from every angle. As a prosecutor in Clayton County, Georgia, he tried and won cases against murderers, drug traffickers, and armed robbers. With the Public Defender's office in Athens, Georgia, he successfully tried a case on behalf an accused man who could not afford to hire a lawyer. As a law clerk in Brunswick, Georgia, he worked closely with a federal judge, helping her to issue rulings and try cases. As a summer associate in Atlanta, Georgia, he worked with a well known civil defense firm. Now, as a plaintiffs' lawyer, Jeb devotes his practice to representing individuals who have been hurt or wronged by the misconduct of others.
Jeb was born and attended high school in Columbus, Georgia. He went to college at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was voted into student government, wrote for the school paper, and graduated cum laude. After college, he attended Stanford University's Graduate School of Business Summer Institute in Palo Alto, California, then worked for a Congressman on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. He attended law school at the University of Georgia School of Law, where he excelled: Jeb graduated magna cum laude in the top 10% of his class, wrote for the Law Review, reached the national quarterfinals of the National Moot Court Competition, reached the semifinals of the J. Melvin England Mock Trial Competition, earned a scholarship, and was inducted into multiple honor societies. During law school and in the years that immediately followed, Jeb worked as a prosecutor, public defender, law clerk, civil defense lawyer, and plaintiffs' lawyer. He has spoken at legal seminars and written articles for legal journals, and is a graduate of the Young Lawyers' Division Leadership Academy.
Jeb is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, Georgia Trial Lawyer's Association, Atlanta Bar Association, and American Association for Justice.
Areas of Practice
- Tire Defects
- Premises Liability
- Trucking Cases
- Vehicle Accidents
- Products Liability
- Wrongful Death
- Personal Injury
Education
- University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia
- J.D. (Magna Cum Laude) - 2008
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Honors: Order of the Barristers
- Honors: Law School Association Scholarship, Recipient
- Honors: Joseph Henry Lumpkin Inn of Court, Pupil
- Honors: National Quarterfinalists, National Moot Court Team, 2007 - 2008
- Honors: Quarterfinalists, Intrastate Moot Court Team, 2007
- Honors: Semifinalists, 2007 J. Melvin England Mock Tria Competition
- Honors: Semifinalist, 2006 J. Ralph Beaird Closing Argument Mock Trial Competition
- Honors: Criminal Defense Clinic: tried and won case for indigent defendant
- Law Review: Georgia Law Review, Notes Editor, 2007 - 2008
- Law Review: Unearthly Microbes and the Laws Designed to Resist Them, 41 Ga. L. Rev. 1355, Author, 2007
- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
- B.A. (Cum Laude) - 2004
- Major: Communications and English (Creative Writing concentration)
Published Works
- Unearthly Microbes and the Laws Designed to Resist Them, 41 Ga. L. Rev. 1355, 2007
- Trial Practice and Procedure, 64 Mercer L. Rev. 305 , 2012
- Trial Practice and Procedure, 63 Mercer L. Rev. 359, 2011
- Tire Tips: 10 Ways to Avoid Blowing Your Tire Case, GTLA’s The Verdict, Summer, 2012
Honors and Awards
- Georgia Rising Star, 2013 - Present
Professional Associations and Memberships
- State Bar of Georgia, Member
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
Past Employment Positions
- Hon. Lisa Godbey Wood, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia, Law Clerk, 2008 - 2009
- Clayton County District Attorney?s Office, Volunteer, 2010
