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EDUCATION
Mercer University Law School, Macon, Georgia
Juris Doctor 1984
Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, Georgia
Bachelor of Science 1981
Major - Political Science, Minor - Economics
President of Student Body 1979-1980
Greenfield School, Weston, Georgia
College Preparatory Diploma 1977
High School Valedictorian, Class President
Stewart County Elementary, Junior High and High Schools,
Lumpkin/Richland, Georgia 1964-1974
CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURE
Admitted to Practice Law in the State of Georgia 1984
Admitted to Practice Law in the U.S. Court of Appeals for 11th Circuit,
U.S. District Courts in Middle District of Georgia,
Middle District of Alabama and Northern District of Georgia 1984
Admitted to Practice Law in the State of Alabama 1987
Admitted to Practice Before the United States Supreme Court 1993
Admitted to Practice Law in the State of Montana 2000
Admitted to Practice Law in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana 2003
Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy 1992
AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, for Preeminent Legal Ability,
Ethics and Discharge of Professional Abilities 1997-forward
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Shareholder/Principal
Overby Law Office, P.C. 2001-present
Partner
Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer, Daughtery & Sullivan 1988-2001
Columbus/Atlanta, Georgia
Associate
Butler & McDonald 1986-1988
Columbus/Atlanta, Georgia
Sole Practitioner
C. Frederick Overby 1984-1986
Columbus, Georgia
Public Service
County Attorney for Webster County, Georgia 2010-present
County Attorney for Stewart County, Georgia 1997-2010
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
State Bar of Georgia Member - General Practice and Trial Section 1984-present
Alabama State Bar 1987-present
Montana State Bar 2000-present
Association of Trial Lawyers of America - 1983-2004
Sustaining Member
Interstate Trucking Litigation Group
Committee to Increase Minority Participation and Enrollment
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Member 1986-2004
Legislative Co-Chair 1994-1998
Executive Committee 1992-1994
Amicus Curiae Committee 1986-1992
Co-Chair Governmental Affairs Committee 1993-1994
Educational Committee 1992-1993
State Director and Chairman - People’s Law School 1991-1992
Editor - The Verdict, The Journal of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association 1992-1993
Montana Trial Lawyers Association, Sustaining Member 2001-present
Legislative Committee 2004-2005
Columbus Lawyers Club Educational Foundation, Inc., Trustee 1996-1997
Columbus Trial Lawyers Association -
Secretary, Vice President 1986-present
Georgia Center for Law in the Public Interest (Founding Member) -
Board of Directors 1992-1997
Board of Advisors 1998-present
Columbus Bar Association, Inc. -
Treasurer 1992-1993
Secretary 1993-1994
Vice President 1994-1995
President-Elect 1995-1996
President 1996-1997
Executive Committee 1992-1997
Younger Lawyers Club of Columbus 1984-present
Chattahoochee Circuit Bar Association -
Vice President 1989-1990
President 1990-1991
Gallatin County Bar Association 2001-present
Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity 1984
OTHER ASSOCIATIONS
Community Activities
Sardis Methodist Church, Stewart County, Georgia - Member 2003-present
Georgia Southwestern Foundation, Inc. -
Board of Trustees Member 2001-2004
Georgia Southwestern State University -
National Alumni Association - Board of Directors 1989-1995
Columbus Area Alumni Council - Executive Committee 1989-1992
Chairman of Finklea Scholarship Endowment Committee 1988
Mercer University -
Board of Visitors, Mercer Law School - Member 1993-1999
Executive Committee of Walter F. George School of Law, Alumni Association 1991-1993
President’s Club 1988-present
Assistant Vice President, Advancing the Visions 2000 Campaign 1997-2000
Georgia Civil Justice Foundation
Board of Directors 1991-1993
State Chairperson People’s Law School 1991-1992
Speaker’s Bureau 1991-1998
Sigma Chi International Fraternity - Life Member
Westville Historic Village -
Board of Trustees - Member 1993-present
First Vice President 1996-1997
Chairman of Board of Trustees 1998-2000
Gridiron Secret Society, University of Georgia Chapter 1993-present
Metro Columbus Urban League - Member, Board of Directors 1995-2000
Miss Georgia Pageant Corporation -
Board of Trustees 1997-1999
Scholarship Committee 1997-1999
French Brittany Gun Dog Association of America, Inc. -
President 2005-2007
Board of Directors 1998-1007
Secretary/Treasurer 1998-2002
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Inc. - Member 2003-present
Big Sky Epagneul Breton Gun Dog Club - Member, Board of Directors 2003-present
Peach State L’Epagneul Breton Gun Dog Club - Member 2003-present
Conservation Activities
Boone & Crockett Club - Member
Tall Timbers Research Institute - Member
Auburn University Quail Management Group - Member
Trout Unlimited - Member
The Ruffled Grouse Society - Member
Pheasants Forever - Member
Theodore Roosevelt Conservative Partnership - Member
Loyal Order of Dedicated Grouse Hunters - Member
Club de L'Epagneul Breton of France - Member
Club du Braque Francais of France - Member
The Epagneul Breton Foundation, Inc. - Member
Big Sky Epagneul Breton Gun Dog Club - Member
Political Activities
Democratic Party of Georgia 1984-present
Voting Delegate to Democratic National Convention 1996
Chair, Third Congressional District 1993
Democratic Nominee, U.S. Congress, Third District of Georgia 1994
Executive Committee 1992-1993
State Committee 1993-1996
Judicial Nominating Committee, U.S. Senator Max Cleland 1997
Awards and Honors
Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers 1993-present
Who’s Who in American Law 1989-1992
Who’s Who in America 1988-1992
Who’s Who Among Emerging Leaders in America 1990-1992
Who’s Who in Georgia 1988-1992
Who’s Who Among American Law Students 1984
Oxford’s Who’s Who Registry of Elite Professionals 1993-present
Continuing Legal Education Award 1988-1990
Outstanding Young Men of America 1987-1989
Blue Key National Honor Fraternity 1980
PUBLICATIONS
Co-Author: "Georgia Wrongful Death Actions: What's A Life Really Worth - An Update," The Verdict, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Summer 2012, issue.
Co-Author: "Trial Practice and Procedure," 47 Mercer Law Review 353 (1995); 48 Mercer Law Review 517 (1996); 49 Mercer Law Review 313 (1997); 50 Mercer Law Review 359 (1998); 51 Mercer Law Review 487 (1999); 52 Mercer Law Review 447 (2000)
Co-Author: "The Case for Allowing Punitive Damages in Georgia Wrongful Death Actions: The Need to Remove An Unjust Anomaly in Georgia Law," 45 Mercer Law Review 1, (1993)
Co-Author: "What’s a Human Life Really Worth? Recovery for Decedent’s Non-Economic Losses in Georgia Wrongful Death Actions," 7 Georgia State University Law Review, 439, (1991)
Author: "The Attack on Georgia’s Direct Action Statutes," The Verdict, Journal of Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, September, 1991, issue
Author: "Practical Suggestions for Use of Lay Witnesses in Personal Injury Cases," Journal of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, April, 1990, issue
Author: "Presenting the Neuropsychologist at Trial, Essays on Head Injury" published by Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 1989
LECTURES, SEMINARS, AND PAPERS PRESENTED
"Nuts and Bolt of Expert Witness Testimony" - presented at American Society of General Surgeons Annual Meeting, New York, New York, April 2003
"Proving Non-Economic Damages in Tort Cases" - presented at Montana Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, Polson, Montana, August 2002
"Navigating the Direct Action Statute" - presented at Georgia Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Atlanta, Georgia, February 2002
"Innovative Theories of Recovery in Large Commercial Vehicle Cases" - presented at Georgia Institute of Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, February 2001
"Innovative Theories of Recovery" presented at Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, Savannah, Georgia, October 2000
"Negotiating Skills: The Basics of Resolving Cases" - presented at Georgia Institute of Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, February 1997, September 1997, and February 1998 and presented at Association County Commissioners of Georgia Seminar, Jekyll Island, Georgia, April 1999
"Direct Actions Against Insurance Companies" - presented at Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1997
"Strategies for Maximizing Damages in Civil Cases" - presented at Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1996 and August 1997
"Punitive Damages in Georgia: Procedure and Practical Suggestions" - presented to Georgia Council of State Court Judges, Convention & Seminar, Jekyll Island, Georgia, May 26, 1995
"The Use of Expert Witnesses" - presented at the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Excellence in Advocacy Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, February 11, 1994
Seminar Chairman, "On The Cutting Edge: Exploring Current Issues and Recent Developments in Georgia Tort Law" - sponsored by the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia, November 22, 1991
"Damages - The Equation of Suffering and Redress" - presented at the Georgia Institute for Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, October 18, 1991
"A Case Against A Trucking Company: Venue, Potential Defendants and Sources of Information" - presented at Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Seminar concerning litigation against Motor Common and Contract Carriers, Atlanta, Georgia, June, 1990
"The Preparation and Utilization of Lay Witnesses In Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases" - presented at Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Seminar concerning Basic and Advanced Strategies for Handling Civil Cases, Atlanta, Georgia, September, 1989
"Direct Examination of the Neuropsychologist During the Trial of a Closed-Head Injury Case" - presented at Georgia Head Injury Foundation’s Traumatic Brain Injury Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, February, 1989
AREAS OF SPECIALTY
Practice primarily limited to civil litigation. Represent individual citizens in cases against major corporations and insurance companies. Heavy concentration in the areas of public and private motor carrier liability and insurance litigation.
OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS
Owner/Operator - Ole Springhill Homestead, LLC and Ole Pataula Farms, LLC
Southern Unit -- 4949 Trotman Road, Lumpkin, Georgia
The farming operation grows timber and manages property for wildlife conservation with a focus on improving bobwhite quail habitat. There is a focus on development of the longleaf pine ecosystem.
Western Unit -- 10711 Corbly Gulch Road, Belgrade, Montana
The ranch operation produces hay and manages property for wildlife conservation with a focus on improving habitat for elk, hungarian partridge and ringneck pheasant.
Both units are also devoted to the breeding, training and development of Epagneul Breton (French Brittany Spaniel) gun dogs. For more information, see the Internet Website located at www.olespringhillhomestead.com.
PERSONAL
Name Preferred to be called - "Fred"
Place of Birth - Stewart County, Georgia
Date of Birth - February 8, 1959
Marital Status - Single
OTHER INTERESTS
Wildlife conservation, fly fishing, upland bird hunting, horseback riding, reading, writing, and raising and training Epagneul Breton (French Brittany Spaniel) and Braque Francois (small French Pointer) bird dogs.
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