Background
Butler, Junior, James E. was born on March 25, 1951 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
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James E. Butler, Junior.
James E. Butler, Junior, American lawyer, specializing in the field of Business and Commercial Torts, Personal Injury Law, Products Liability Law. Member of Butler, Wooten, Overby, Pearson, Fryhofer & Daughtery.
Education
University of Georgia (A.B.J., 1972. Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1977).
Career
Worked at Butler, Wooten, Overby, Pearson, Fryhofer & Daughtery (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Personal Injury, Products Liability, Common Carrier Liability, Business and Commercial Litigation and Medical Negligence. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Georgia and Alabama.
Woodruff Merit Scholar.
Blue Key. The Order of the Barristers. Member: National Moot Court Team.
Moot Court Board. Best Oralist, Southern Moot Court Competition, 1976.
Winner, Russell First-Year Moot Court Competition, 1976. Winner, Talmadge Second-Year Moot Court Competition, 1977.
Member, Georgia Law Review, 1976-1977. Company-Author: "The Bench as Battleground: The Discovery Process is Broke and Only Judges Can Fix lieutenant," 17 The Verdict II, 1992.
"What"s A Human Life Really Worth?," 7 Georgia.
State University.L. Review 439,1991. Author: "Hospital Liability for Physician Negligence in Georgia: A Realistic Approach," 37 Mercer Law Review 701, 1986. Company-Author: "Jones v. State Farm: Effectuating Legislative Intention," Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 1981.
Author: "Jones v.
State Farm, The Insured"s Perspective," Georgia State Bar Journal, August, 1982. "People As Evidence," The Verdict, April/May 1990. Faculty Member, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1987-1988.
Director, Georgia Civil Justice Foundation, 1992.
Member: Chattahoochee and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Georgia.
Alabama State Bar. Columbus Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1986).
Alabama Trial Lawyers Association. Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1988-1989.
Vice-President, 1983-1986. Member, Amicus Curiae Committee, 1981-1983.
Chairman, Special Jones Committee, 1982-1984.
Chairman, Liability Insurance Committee, 1985-1986). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Trial Lawyers for Public Justice.
Fellow Roscoe Pound Foundation.
Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Butler, Wooten, Overby, Pearson, Fryhofer & Daughtery has a practice limited to litigation and trial of substantial civil damage suits.
The firm has developed expertise in carefully targeted areas: products liability, particularly those cases involving automotive and health-related products. Motor common carrier cases.
Economic torts arising in commercial and business contexts.
Premises liability. And medical malpractice. The firm has recently expanded to include a capacity for aviation and environmental/toxic torts cases.
Achievements
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James E. Butler, Junior. has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.
Membership
Member: National Moot Court Team. Moot Court Board. Best Oralist, Southern Moot Court Competition, 1976. Winner, Russell First-Year Moot Court Competition, 1976.
Winner, Talmadge Second-Year Moot Court Competition, 1977.
Member, Georgia Law Review, 1976-1977.
