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George W. Fryhofer, III

George Fryhofer, III

Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer LLP

2719 Buford Highway
Atlanta, GA 30324

Atlanta

Georgia (GA)

T: 404-321-1700

F: 404-321-1713

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Industry Groups: Ameican Bar Association (Tort And Trial Practice Section); State Bar Of Georgia; Bleckley Inn Of Cou, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; American Association For Justice

Practice Areas

Personal Injury Plaintiff: General

Business Litigation

Professional Liability: Plaintiff

Selected To

• Georgia Super Lawyers 2012
• Georgia Super Lawyers 2011
• Georgia Super Lawyers 2010
• Georgia Super Lawyers 2009
• Georgia Super Lawyers 2008

No Rising Stars publication in 2008

Profile

George W. Fryhofer III is a partner at Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer, LLP, an Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia, law firm with a nationwide practice focusing on personal injury and toxic torts litigation, class action lawsuits and business torts. Mr. Fryhofer’s practice focuses on plaintiffs personal injury litigation (involving motor vehicle accidents, defective or unreasonably dangerous products and various other causes), plaintiffs professional malpractice claims and business-related disputes, including torts such as fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, racketeering and tortious interference, as well as whistleblower cases.

Mr. Fryhofer has been a leader throughout his life and professional career. He is a summa cum laude graduate of both Emory University (B.A., 1980) and the University of Georgia Law School (J.D., 1983), where he also served as editor-in-chief of the school’s law review for the 1982-83 academic year. Mr. Fryhofer is also a published author, a frequent lecturer at legal seminars for various organizations and an active member of several professional associations, including the State Bar of Georgia, the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association and the American Association for Justice. He also holds an AV Preeminent* peer review rating (the highest an attorney can achieve) through Martindale-Hubbell.

_{*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell peer review ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.}

About George Fryhofer, III

Law School: University of Georgia School of Law

Admitted: 1984, Georgia

Professional Webpage: www.butlerwooten.com/bio/GeorgeFryhofer.asp

Honors and Awards:

Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa - Emory University
Robert Tyre Jones Scholar, St. Andrews University
Summa Cum Laude, Order of the Coif, University of Georgia School of Law

Bar/Professional Activity:

Member, American Inns of Court, Bleckley Chapter
Member, Lawyers Club of Atlanta
Member, American Association for Justice
Georgia Bar Journal Editorial Board
State Bar of Georgia Formal Advisory Opinion Board
Member, State Bar of Georgia
Member, Long Range Planning Committee, TIPS
Member, Task Force on Article 9 Uniform Laws Revisions, TIPS
TIPS Chair Committee, Task Force on Revisions to the Model Code of Judicial
Chair, Task Force on Plaintiff's Involvement, TIPS
Member, American Bar Association, Tort & Insurance Practice Sections (TIPS)
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Atlanta Bar Association
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1984
U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 1984
Georgia, 1984
Vice President, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 1990
Texas, 1995
Editor-in-Chief - Tort & Insurance Law Journal by American Bar Association, 1995
Massachusetts, 1996
Council Member, TIPS, 1998

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

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

Representative Clients:

Bentley v. J.B. Transport, Ga. Ct. of App., 427 S.E.2d 499, 1993
Kyzer v. Metro Atlanta Trucking, Ga. Ct. of App., 458 S.E.2d 416, 1995
Time Warner Entm't Co., L.P. v. Six Flags Over Georgia, LLC., Ga. Ct. App., 537 S.E.2d 397, 2000
Time Warner Entm't Co., L.P. v. Six Flags Over Georgia, LLC., Ga. Ct. App., 563 S.E.2d 178, 2002
Gibson v. Ford Motor Co., Ga. Sup. Ct., 659 S.E.2d 346, 2008
Flax v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., Tenn. Sup. Ct., 272 S.W.3d 521, 2008

Educational Background:

Emory University, B.A., 1980
Law Review: Georgia Law Review, Editor-in-Chief, 1982

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