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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). Admitted to practice in Georgia, Texas and Massachusetts.

Areas of Practice

• Motor Vehicle
• Products Liability
• Professional Liability
• Commercial Tort Litigation

Representative Cases

• Flax v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 272 S.W.3d 521 (Tenn. Sup. Ct. 2008)
• Gibson v. Ford Motor Co., 659 S.E.2d 346 (Ga. Sup. Ct. 2008)
• Time Warner Entm't Co., L.P. v. Six Flags Over Georgia, LLC., 563 S.E.2d 178 (Ga. Ct. App. 2002)
• Time Warner Entm’t Co., L.P. v. Six Flags Over Georgia, LLC., 537 S.E.2d 397 (Ga. Ct. App. 2000)
• 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)

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Motor Vehicle, Litigation & Appeals, Federal Trial Practice, State Trial Practice, Products Liability Law, Professional Malpractice Law

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

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)

Classes and Seminars

• ABA Trial Academy, ABA/TIPS, 2000
• Trying Traumatic Brain Injury Cases, ICLE and Brain Injury Association Georgia, 2000

Past Employment Positions

• Honorable John C. Godbold, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, Law Clerk, 1983 - 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

Address

2719 Buford Highway
Atlanta, GA 30324

Phones

(404) 321-1700
(800) 242-2962

Faxes

(404) 321-1713

Emails

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Websites

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