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Tedra Cannella Hobson
Atlanta, Georgia

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TEDRA CANNELLA HOBSON. B.A., 2000, Emory University; M.P.P., 2004, Georgetown Public Policy Institute; J.D., Magna Cum Laude, 2007, University of Georgia School of Law; Order of the Coif; Order of Barristers. Executive Notes Editor, Georgia Law Review, 2006-07. Moot Court Board, 2005-07. Best Team, Best Brief, Best Oralist, Intrastate Moot Court Competition, 2006. Member, National Moot Court Team, 2007. Pupil, Joseph Henry Lumpkin Inn of Court. Recipient, University of Georgia Law School Alumni Scholarship, 2004-07. Recipient, Ronald L. Carlson Award for Excellence in the Study of Evidence. Law Clerk to the Honorable Hugh Lawson, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia, 2007-08. Author, Bankruptcy Abuse Creation Act?: Curing the Unintended Consequences of Bankruptcy Reform, 40 Ga. L. Rev. 1245 (2006). Member, State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association; and Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. Admitted to practice in Georgia.

Bar Admissions:: Georgia

Education:: University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia, 2007
J.D.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Order of the Coif
Honors: Order of Barristers
Honors: Best Team, Best Brief, Best Oralist, Intrastate Moot Court Competition, '06
Honors: Member, National Moot Court Team, 2007
Honors: Pupil, Joseph Henry Lumpkin Inn of Court
Honors: Recipient, University of Georgia Law School Alumni Scholarship, 2004-2007
Honors: Recipient, Ronald L. Carlson Award for Excellence in the Study of Evidence
Honors: Moot Court Board, 2005-2007
Law Review: Georgia Law Review, Executive Notes Editor, 2006 - 2007; Georgetown Public Policy Institute, 2004
M.P.P.; Emory University, 2000
B.A.

Published Works:: Bankruptcy Abuse Creation Act?: Curing the Unintended Consequences of Bankruptcy Reform, 40 Ga. L. Rev. 1245, 2006

Professional Associations and Memberships:: State Bar of Georgia; Member; American Bar Association; Member; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; Member

Past Employment Positions:: Hon. Hugh Lawson, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia, Law Clerk, 2007 - 2008

$17,716,401 Verdict / Auto Product Liability / Ford Explorer Rear Restraint System / Lap Only Seat Belt

12/18/2009 Wheeler v. Ford Motor Company, et al., State Court, Clayton County, Georgia.

Plaintiffs Lynn and Douglas Wheeler won their design defect and failure to warn claims against Ford Motor Company relating to the 2002 Ford Explorer. On Christmas morning 2005, 58 year old Lynn Wheeler was on her way to church with her family. Lynn Wheeler was seated in the rear center seat of her son’s 2002 Ford Explorer, wearing the lap-only seat belt Ford installed for that seating position. Two of Lynn Wheeler’s grandchildren were in child seats on either side of her. As they entered a curve on Noah’s Ark Road, a 2-door Eagle Talon coupe driven by John C. Stanley crossed the centerline and struck the Explorer head-on.

$5,470,000 Verdict/Wrongful Death

10/23/09 Pitts v. A&G Trucking. Inc., et al., State Court of DeKalb County, Georgia.

Plaintiffs, four minor children, recovered for the death of their father, who was killed by a dump truck driver while the decedent was working as a "spotter" or "flag man" on the runway expansion at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport. According to eye-witnesses, the driver of the dump truck was talking on her cell phone or CB radio and was given a stop signal by the deceased.

$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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Columbus, GA 31902
FAX 706.323.2962
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Atlanta, GA 30324
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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.