Articles About the Firm
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The Advocate: Attorney Jim Butler creates a scholarship that supports the future of public interest law In the lobby of Columbus law firm Butler, Wooten and Fryhofer, there are two framed photographs from the 1962 movie "To Kill a Mockingbird." Chosen by Jim Butler (ABJ '72, JD '77), the images are of Atticus Finch as played by Gregory Peck. In one, Finch argues his case before the jury while his client-a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman in a small, Depression-era Southern town-sits in the background. In the other, Finchwalks out of the courtroom while the audience stands, demonstrating that he's won their respect by proving his client's innocence despite losing the case. "That's the moment when I first started thinking about becoming a lawyer," says Butler... The Squire of Muscogee County: James Butler is as prepared as Winston Churchill and as down-to-earth as Atticus Finch The first time I ever stood in front of a jury," James Butler says, "I knew I had died and gone to heaven." In the 30 years since that celestial moment, Butler has won four verdicts worth over $100 million each, while his firm, Butler Wooten & Fryhofer, has notched more than $1 billion in its top 10 wins. |
