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George W. Fryhofer III 
Atlanta, Georgia
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GEORGE W. FRYHOFER III.  B.A., Summa Cum Laude, 1980, Emory University; J.D., Summa Cum Laude, 1983, University of Georgia; Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.  Robert Tyre Jones Scholar, St. Andrews University.  Editor-in-Chief, Georgia Law Review, 1982-83.  Editor-in-Chief, Tort & Insurance Law Journal, published by The American Bar Association, 1995-97.  Law Clerk to the Honorable John C. Godbold, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1983-84.  Author, Note, Offer of Judgment and Statutorily Authorized Attorney's Fees: A Reconciliation of the Scope and Purpose of Rule 68, 16 Ga. L. Rev. 482 (1982).  Member, Atlanta Bar Association; American Bar Association; ABA Tort & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS); TIPS Council Member, 1998-00; TIPS Committees: Chair, Task Force on Plaintiff's Involvement; Chair, Task Force on Revisions to the Model Code of Judicial Conduct; Member, Task Force on Article 9 Uniform Laws Revisions, and Long Range Planning Committee.  Member, State Bar of Georgia; Formal Advisory Opinion Board; Editorial Board, Georgia Bar Journal; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Vice President, 1990--; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; American Inns of Court (Member, Bleckley Chapter).  George has trial experience in motor vehicle, products liability, professional liability and commercial tort litigation.  Admitted to practice in Georgia, Texas and Massachusetts
Areas of Practice:
Motor Vehicle
Products Liability
Professional Liability
Commercial Tort Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Georgia, 1984
Massachusetts, 1996
Texas, 1995
U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 1984
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1984
Education:
University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia, 1983
J.D.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Honors: Order of the Coif
Honors: Robert Tyre Jones Scholar, St. Andrews University
Law Review: Georgia Law Review, Editor-in-Chief, 1982 - 1983


Emory University, 1980
B.A.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa


Published Works:
Note, Offer of Judgement and Statutorily Authorized Attorney's Fees: A Reconciliation of the Scope and Purpose of Rule 68, 16 Ga. L. Rev. 482, 1982


Tort & Insurance Law Journal (Editor-in-Chief), American Bar Association, 1995-1997


Representative Cases:
Bentley v. J.B. Transport, 427 S.E.2d 499 (Ga. Ct. of App. 1993)
Kyzer v. Metro Atlanta Trucking, 458 S.E.2d 416 (Ga. Ct. of App. 1995)
Rodriguez v. Suzuki, 996 S.W.2d 47 (Mo. Sup. Ct. 1999)
Classes/Seminars Taught:
ABA Trial Academy, ABA/TIPS, 2000


Trying Traumatic Brain Injury Cases, ICLE and Brain Injury Association Georgia, 2000


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Atlanta Bar Association
Member


American Bar Association
Member


American Bar Association, Tort & Insurance Practice Sections (TIPS)
Member


TIPS, 1998 - 2000
Council Member


TIPS
Chair, Task Force on Plaintiff's Involvement


TIPS
Chair Committee, Task Force on Revisions to the Model Code of Judicial


TIPS
Member, Task Force on Article 9 Uniform Laws Revisions


TIPS
Member, Long Range Planning Committee


State Bar of Georgia
Member


State Bar of Georgia
Formal Advisory Opinion Board


Tort & Insurance Law Journal (American Bar Association, Publisher), 1995 - 1997
Editor-in-Chief


Georgia Bar Journal
Editorial Board


Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Member


Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 1990 - Present
Vice President


Lawyers Club of Atlanta
Member


American Inns of Court
Member, Bleckley Chapter


Past Employment Positions:
Honorable John C. Godbold, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, Law Clerk, 1983 - 1984


Success Stories

$45,000,000 Settlement | Credit Insurance/Consumer Rights Class Action

10/31/07 Toole v. J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company, Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia

Plaintiff Toole represented a class of people who prepaid J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company premiums for credit life and disability insurance policies when they purchased vehicles. J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company contractually promised to refund any unearned premium if class members paid off the insured loans before the five-year term had expired, but failed to do so when they paid off the insured loans early.

$105,500,000 Verdict | Defective Automobile

11/23/04 Flax v. Daimler Chrysler Corporation and Louis A. Stockell, Jr., Circuit Court for Davidson County, Tennessee

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With offices in Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia, the attorneys at Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer, LLP represent the seriously injured throughout Georgia, including the cities of Atlanta, Columbus, Marietta, Smyrna, Roswell, Gainesville, Peachtree City, Forest Park, Riverdale, Lagrange, Macon, and Savannah. Our lawyers have handled accident and defective product claims nationwide, including Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming.