Jeb Butler - Atlanta, GA

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia, 2008
    J.D.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Order of the Coif
    Honors: Order of the Barristers
    Honors: Law School Association Scholarship, Recipient
    Honors: Joseph Henry Lumpkin Inn of Court, Pupil
    Honors: National Quarterfinalists, National Moot Court Team, 2007 - 2008
    Honors: Quarterfinalists, Intrastate Moot Court Team, 2007
    Honors: Semifinalists, 2007 J. Melvin England Mock Tria Competition
    Honors: Semifinalist, 2006 J. Ralph Beaird Closing Argument Mock Trial Competition
    Honors: Criminal Defense Clinic: tried and won case for indigent defendant
    Law Review: Georgia Law Review, Notes Editor, 2007 - 2008

• Non Legal Education

  • Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 2004
    B.A.
    Honors: cum laude
    Major: Communications and English (Creative Writing concentration)

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Past Positions

• Hon. Lisa Godbey Wood, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia, Law Clerk, 2008 - 2009
• Clayton County District Attorney's Office, Volunteer, 2010 - Present

Published Works

Articles

• Author, Unearthly Microbes and the Laws Designed to Resist Them, 41 Ga. L. Rev. 1355, 2007
  
• Trial Practice and Procedure, 64 Mercer L. Rev. 305, 2012
  
• Tire Tips: 10 Ways to Avoid Blowing Your Tire Case, GTLA?s The Verdict, Summer, 2012
  
• Cross-Examination, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 2018
  
• Specialize to Succeed, Atlanta Bar Association, 2017
  
• Personal Injury Trials: So You Said You’re a Lawyer, ICLE, 2016
• Closing Argument, Atlanta Bar Association Litigation Section, 2016
• Golden Age of Torts: The Story of Walden v. Chrysler, 2016
• Wrongful Death and Section 1983 Cases, State Bar, 2016
• Trial Preparation: The Grind is Worth It, Atlanta Bar Association, 2016
• Protecting the Jury System, Opening of American Museum of Tort Law with Ralph Nader, 2015
• Experts on Experts: How to Prepare, Defend, and Attack Experts in Complex Cases, AIEG, 2015
• Winning a $150 Million Verdict in Walden v. Chrysler, AIEG, 2015

Other Affiliations

• State Bar of Georgia (Member)
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, PAC Board
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, LEAD Executive Committee
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Legislative Affairs Committee
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Trucking Subcommittee
• American Association of Justice, Executive Committee, Product Liability Section
• Lumpkin Inn of Court (Past Pupil & Barrister)