Attorney Profile

George J Kefalos P.A.
Charleston, South Carolina

Sole Practitioner Member
phone	(843) 722-6612
fax	(843) 377-1310
email	Email Me

Our firm handles legal matters in the following practice areas: Insurance Bad Faith, Plaintiff Tort, Plaintiff Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Auto Accidents.

Areas of Practice:: Bad Faith Insurance; Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff; 80% Personal Injury -- Plaintiff; 20% Consumer Protection

Litigation Percentage:: 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: South Carolina, 1976

Education:: University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1975
J.D.; University of Pittsburgh, 1972
B.S.

Published Works:: "Bad Faith Insurance Litigation,", South Carolina Practice Manual, 2000

Representative Cases:: Kraft v. Hartford Ins. Companies, 279, S.C., 257 ( 1983); Esler v. United Services Auto. Association, 273 S.C. 259 255 S.C 2d 676 ( 1979); Fabri v. The Hartford Slip Copy, 69 Fed Appx. 187, 2003 WL 21571012 (4th Cir., S.C. 2003); Rickborn v. Liberty Life Ins. Co., 321 S.C. 291, 408 S.C. 2d 292 (S.C. 1996); Wade v. Berkeley County, 348 S.C. 224 559 S.L 2d 586 (S.C. 2002); Barnes v. Cohen Dry Wall, Inc., 357 S.C. 280 592 S.C. 2d 311 (S.C. App. 2003); Future Group, II v. Nationsbank, 324 S.C. 89, 478 S.E.2d 45 (S.C. 1996); Harold Tyner Development Builders, Inc. v. Firstmark Development Corp., 311 S.C. 447 429 S.E.2d 819 (S.C. App. 1993); Gathers By and Through Hutchinson v. South Carolina Elec. and Gas Co., 311 S.C. 81 477 SL 2d 687 (S.C. App. 1993); Grego v. South Carolina Nat. Bank, 283 S.C. 546 324 SL 2d 94 (S.C. App. 1984); Stewart v. Amusements of America, 155 F.3d 56, 1998 Wl 405868 (4th Cir S.C. 1998)

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Speaker, "Automobile Insurance Bad Faith,", South Carolina Bar Continuing Legal Education, 1998; "Bad Faith Violation of Regulations,", South Carolina Bar Continuing Legal Education, 2003; "Bad Faith Litigation in South Carolina,", NBI Continuing Legal Education, 2003; "Bad Faith Litigation in South Carolina,", NBI Continuing Legal Education, 2004

Honors and Awards:: Listed, Best Lawyers in America; Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Charleston County Bar Association; Member; South Carolina Bar, Negligence and Insurance Section; Member; South Carolina Bar; Former Member, House of Delegates; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, 1985 - 1988; Board of Governors; American Board of Trial Advocates