Edward R. Stabell, III is an Attorney/Owner of the Stabell Law Firm, LLC in Marietta, Georgia and has over 30 years experience as a trial attorney representing domestic insurance companies and international insurance companies, including Lloyd's of London, and more recently has begun to represent plaintiffs.
Edward R. Stabell, III began his practice in Savannah in 1992, which is mainly focused in the areas of personal injury, insurance defense and coverage, transportation, construction, professional malpractice, complex property damage and arson, bad faith litigation throughout the State of Georgia, but also includes family law, complex commercial and bankruptcy litigation. In 2018, he moved to Marietta, Georgia, where he was born and raised, and opened the Stabell Law Firm, LLC and began also representing plaintiffs.
He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, Georgia Defense Lawyer's Association, and the Defense Research Institute. He has been a member of the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association, the Defense Research Institute, and the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance ("CLM") and Professional Liability Defense Federation, which are open to attorneys for membership by invitation only. He is admitted to practice in all state and federal trial and appellate courts in the State of Georgia and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.
He has given lectures and seminars on insurance coverage, bad faith and defense law to members of the Savannah Bar Association, the CLM, insurance companies, and other insurance industry groups. He has also authored or co-authored: "Insurance Coverage Update," Georgia Defense Lawyers Association Law Journal (2013); "The Current Status of Apportionment in Georgia: As Many Questions as Answers," Georgia Defense Lawyers Association Law Journal (2012); “2007 Insurance Law Update," Georgia Defense Lawyers Association Law Journal (2008); “Catastrophic Railroad Grade Crossing Accidents in Georgia: From the Commercial Motor Carrier’s Perspective,” Georgia Defense Lawyers Association Law Journal (2001); "Settling Personal Injury Cases: Those Pesky Subrogation Claims," Georgia Defense Lawyers Association Law Journal (1995); and "Zinermon v. Burch: Putting Brackets Around the Parratt Doctrine," Mercer Law Review, 1655 (1991).
Specialties:
Trial and Appellate Practice
Personal Injury
Property Damage and Arson
Automobile Accident and Transportation Law
Premises Liability
Products Liability
Insurance Defense and Coverage
Professional Malpractice
Construction Defect
Civil Rights Governmental Liability
Bad Faith
Toxic Torts
Business and Commercial Litigation
Family Law
Bankruptcy
Representative Reported Decisions:
Mr. Stabell has an extensive list of reported decisions that can be readily accessed through legal publishers and online and an in excess of 90% success rate on appeal. |
Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (J.D., 1992), where he was selected to be a Member of the Mercer Law Review.
Valdosta State University (M.A., History), where he was selected to be a Member of Phi Alpha Theta (International History Honors Society), an Academic Mentor to the first year law class, a Research and Writing and Assistant to a law professor and a recippient of the U.S. Department of Justice Award of Public Service.
University of Georgia (B.A., History and German Language), where he was selected to be a Member of Delta Phi Alpha (International German Honors Society) and a recipient of the German Language Certificate. |