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Gerald M. Finkel
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| Title: |
Professor of Law |
| Industry: |
Education |
| Type of Organization: |
Law School |
| Major Product/Service: |
Higher education focusing on the legal profession |
| Expertise: |
With over 40 years experience, Mr. Finkel currently teaches and researches torts, insurance law, trial advocacy and evidence. He has taught at numerous institutions. He is both a Founding and Managing Member of the Finkel Law Firm, LLC until 2007 when he went "of counsel" to the firm. From June of 1962 through March of 1967, Mr. Finkel served as a Captain of the U.S. Army. |
| Geographic Area of Distribution: |
Charleston, South Carolina |
| Affiliations: |
South Carolina Bar Association; U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina; Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. Supreme Court; D.C. Court of Appeals; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; Richland County Bar Association; Charleston County Bar Association; Trial Lawyers' Association of America; South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association; District of Columbia Bar; American Judicature Society; Life Member, American Law Institute; South Carolina Bar Association |
| University/Degree: |
B.A., New York University, 1962; J.D., University of South Carolina School of Law, 1970 |
| Born: |
July 29, 1941, New York, New York |
| Hobbies/Sports: |
The outdoors, photography, reading |
| Work History: |
Mr. Finkel previously taught trial advocacy and insurance law at the University of South Carolina School of Law as an Adjunct Professor. He served as a Special Judge for the Richland County Family Court and the Court of General Sessions for the Fifth Judicial Circuit. Mr. Finkel also served on the Governor's Sentencing Guidelines Commission and the South Carolina Appellate Defense Commission. |
| Honors & Awards: |
Recognized for more than 27 years, Best Lawyers in America, in the areas of Bankruptcy and Credit-Debtor Rights Law, Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law; Listed in South Carolina Super Lawyers, 2008 to present; Marquis Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in America; Who's Who in the South and South Southwest |
| Published Works: |
Co-Author, A Guide to South Carolina Torts II, S.C.T.L.A.; Articles and seminar materials in the areas of business law, insurance law, torts and property rights; Lectures and gives seminars |
