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O. Fayrell Furr, Jr.

Fayrell Furr, Jr.

Furr & Henshaw

1900 Oak St, P.O. Box 2909
Myrtle Beach, SC 29578

Myrtle Beach

South Carolina (SC)

T: 843-626-7621

F: 843-448-6445

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Practice Areas

Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice

Selected To

• South Carolina Super Lawyers 2011
• South Carolina Super Lawyers 2010
• South Carolina Super Lawyers 2009
• South Carolina Super Lawyers 2008

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O. Fayrell Furr Jr. is a founding partner of Furr & Henshaw, a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, law firm devoted exclusively to representing injured plaintiffs in medical malpractice and personal injury cases statewide. Mr. Furr is one of the very few lawyers who have been board certified by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys in the field of medical professional negligence, a certification of competency in handling medical malpractice cases. He has also been board certified as a civil trial advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy since 1984.

Mr. Furr earned both his bachelor’s degree and his Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina. He is the author of numerous articles on medical negligence cases and trial practice, a frequent lecturer on those topics for various organizations and an active member of several legal associations, including the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has received a number of other honors from his peers in the legal community as well, including an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell, the Southern Trial Lawyers Association's Warhorse Award in 2010 and the South Carolina Association for Justice's Founders Award in 2003.

_{*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.}

Admitted: 1968, South Carolina

Professional Webpage: www.scmedicalmalpractice.com/Bio/OFurr.asp

Honors and Awards:

STLA Warhorse Award
SCAJ Founders Award
Top 100 Trial Lawyers (AAJ), 2008 - Present
Wiedemann Wysocki National Finance Council Award
Martindale-Hubbell, AV Rating
Victim Voice Award, South Carolina Jury Trial Foundation, 1993
Who's Who in American Law, 1983 - 1984
International Who's Who of Professionals
Who's Who in The South
Who's Who in the World, 1984 - 1985
President's Award from SCAJ, 2005
Founders Award, SCAJ, 2003
Most Valuable Member, SCAJ (South Carolina Association for Justice), 1974
Bronze Star, 1971

Special Licenses/Certifications:

Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial, Advocacy, 1984

Bar/Professional Activity:

Member, American Board of Trial Advocates
President, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 2005 - 2006
Vice President, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 2003 - 2004
Treasurer, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 2002 - 2003
Secretary, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 2001 - 2002
Parliamentarian, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 1999 - 2000
Board of Governors, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 1992 - Present
Board of Governors, South Carolina Association for Justice, 1986 - Present
President, South Carolina Association for Justice, 1979 - 1980
Horry County Bar Association
Richland County Bar Association
South Carolina Bar Association
American Bar Association
State Coordinator, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 2003 - 2004
Leaders Forum, American Association for Justice, 2002 - Present
Charter Member, American Association for Justice, 1999 - Present
Presidents Club, American Association for Justice
American Association for Justice, Board of Governors, 2005 - Present
State Delegate, American Association for Justice, 2000 - 2005
State Committeeman, American Association for Justice, 1977 - 1979
American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
U.S. Supreme Court, 1989
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
U.S. District Court District of South Carolina
South Carolina, 1968

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

Editor of The Bulletin, South Carolina Association for Justice, 1975 - 1977
Frequent Lecturer on Medicine and the Law, Medical University of South Carolina
Frequent Lecturer on Medicine and the Law, USC Law School
Numerous CLE presentations for South Carolina Association for Justice (SCAJ), American Association for Justice (AAJ), Civil Trial Lawyer's Association, ABOTA, South Carolina Bar Association
Visiting Lecturer, Comparative Constitutional Law, University of Saigon Law School, Saigon, S. Vietnam, 1970 - 1971
Permissible Arguments on Damages in Closing Arguments, 2002
"Medical Malpractice, Plaintiff's Perspective", South Carolina Practice Manual, 2000
Co-Author, Medical and Health Professionals, South Carolina Jurisprudence, 1996
"Final Argument", Section, South Carolina Civil Trial, Techniques Handbook, 1997

Educational Background:

University of South Carolina, B.A., 1965

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