Gerald M. Finkel

Insurance, Mediation
Suite 1800, 1201 Main Street, P.O. Box 1799
Columbia, South Carolina 29202


Insurance

Admitted

1970, South Carolina; 1971, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court and District of Columbia

Law School

University of South Carolina, J.D., 1970

Law School Graduation Year

1970

College

New York University, B.A., 1962

Memberships

South Carolina Bar (Chairman, Medical-Legal Committee, 1973-1975; Chairman, Insurance, Negligence and Workmen's Compensation Section, 1979-1980; Member: House of Delegates, 1980-1982; Board of Governors, 1985-1988; Chairman, South Carolina Lawyer Referral Service Board, 1989-1993; Member, Ethics and Advisory Committee and Professional Responsibility Committee, 1995-1997); American Bar Association; South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1982); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Law Institute, Consultation Group, Restatement of the Law of Unfair Competition; Restatement of Torts 3rd.

Biographical

Phi Alpha Delta. Business Manager, South Carolina Law Review, 1970. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Evidence and Regulated Industries. Author: Survey of Damages, 21 South Carolina Law Review, 552, 1968. Co-Author: with E. Rhodes, Legal and Business Forms, Volumes 1 & 3, Lawyers Co-Op, 1998; A Guide to South Carolina Torts, Palmetto Law Publishers, 1981; A Guide to South Carolina Torts, II, III, and IV. South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, 1986 and 1990. General Counsel, Kores Nordic (USA) Corporation, (1986-1996). Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy and Insurance Law, University of South Carolina School of Law, 1980—. Instructor: South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy, 1998—; S.C. Police Corps, The Citadel, 2001—. Legal Advisor, Dorchester County Sheriff's Office, 2001—. Special Judge: Richland County Family Court, 1974-1977; Court of General Sessions for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1976; Administrative Hearing Officer, Department of Health and Environmental Control, 1980-1984. Member: Governor's Sentencing Guidelines Commission, 1982-1983; South Carolina Appellate Defense Commission, 1982-1983; Board of Directors, Kores Nordic (USA) Corporation, 1986-1996; Community National Bank Corporation, 1989-1990; Board of Advisers, Center for Paralegal Studies, 1989-1998; Board of Trustees, Columbia Junior College of Business, 1998-2002. Board of Visitors, Charleston Southern University. (Also at Charleston, South Carolina Office)

Military

Capt., U.S. Army, 1962-1967