BOWEN PAINTER INJURY LAWYERS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Attorney
- Member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
- Member of Both the Georgia
- Vice - President of the Savannah Trial Lawyers Association
Gini Lynn practices in Georgia and Florida's state courts, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals, and the Georgia Supreme Court.
With over a decade of experience, Gini Lynn has successfully represented countless clients in cases involving automobile negligence, premises liability, and motorcycle and tractor collisions, as well as claims involving vicious animals.
A north Florida native, Gini Lynn attended the University of Florida for both her undergraduate studies and law school.
Upon obtaining her law degree in 2004, she moved to Tampa, FL where she began her career with a large firm defending insurance companies. In 2007, Gini Lynn relocated to Savannah and began exclusively represented individuals injured or harmed by the negligence of others. During her career as an injury attorney, she has successfully tried cases involving automobile negligence and premises liability. In addition to these cases, over the past decade, Gini Lynn has successfully represented countless clients in various other types of negligence actions including motorcycle and tractor-trailer collisions as well as claims involving vicious animals.
Gini Lynn is a member of both the Georgia and Florida Bars and is licensed to practice law in all state courts in Georgia and Florida, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals, and the Georgia Supreme Court.
Gini Lynn currently serves as the Vice-President of the Savannah Trial Lawyers Association and previously served two terms as Secretary and one as Treasurer of this organization. She is a member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, and the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers.
In addition to her professional involvement, Gini Lynn is an active member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and serves as co-chair of the New Families Committee at Blessed Sacrament School where she enjoys volunteering in various capacities. Gini Lynn is married to Greg Jenkins, a Savannah native, and the two have a young daughter.
Education
J.D. - University of Florida
B.A. - University of Florida
Job Titles:
- Founding Attorney
- Lead Counsel
Paul has earned admission into all Georgia courts, as well as the 11th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.
Paul has served as lead counsel in numerous multi-million dollar proceedings throughout the State of Georgia and has represented clients in many high-profile cases.
Paul W. Painter III founded Bowen Painter Injury Lawyers with the purpose of building a personal and trusting relationship with his clients, providing them with high-quality, aggressive, and ethical representation.
As a personal injury attorney in Savannah, Atlanta, throughout the state of Georgia, and around the country, Paul has devoted his practice to representing victims of serious injury as well as families who have lost loved ones due to other's negligence. Paul is a Savannah native and a graduate of Benedictine Military School. He received his B.B.A. from the University of Georgia and his J.D. from Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law.
Between college and law school, Paul served five years as a Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy, attaining the rank of Lieutenant. He deployed in support of Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom, and participated in the initial invasion of Iraq.
Paul spent four years on sea duty, becoming qualified on all systems of two blue water ships and numerous small crafts. He stood engineering watches for diesel, gas turbine, and steam engines and was a leader in damage control operations. But his passion and where he spent most of his time was on bridge watch. He was qualified on all positions from helmsman to Officer of the Deck, which is the senior most topside watch officer position with control of the ship in the captain's absence. He was an instructor for junior officers on the COLREGs Rules of the Road, navigation, and seamanship. He served as navigator and circumnavigated the globe, crossing the equator and the prime meridian (once at the same time).
He was also on both ship's Visit Board Search and Seizure teams, responsible for boarding other vessels that were in distress or under suspicion of carrying contraband. The training and experience for that job made him familiar with the operations of civilian commercial vessels and how to tell when a vessel was properly and safely maintained, and when it was not.
After law school, Paul began practicing at a defense firm in Savannah where he focused on tractor-trailer litigation. Realizing that he preferred individual representation, he left to work with some of the state's top plaintiff firms before opening his own firm.
Paul has represented clients in many multi-million dollar cases throughout the state of Georgia and around the country. He has tried cases nationwide, from coast to coast, and obtained hundreds of millions of dollars for his clients in verdicts and settlements. He has spoken frequently at legal seminars and lawyer education workshops throughout the state. He specializes in in various practice areas such as car accident, slip and fall, wrongful death, truck accidents, and other distinct legal matters.
In 2023, Paul was appointed by the Georgia Supreme Court to act as a Special Master in attorney discipline cases. When the State Bar of Georgia brings an action against an attorney, often seeking the attorney be suspended or disbarred, a Special Master acts as a judge in the case. Special Masters preside over a docket of cases on which they holds hearings, controls scheduling, rules on motions, acts as the finder of fact in evidentiary hearings, and ultimately issues a report to the Supreme Court - which has exclusive authority to decide attorney discipline - recommending what action should be taken. Only about 20 lawyers in the State of Georgia are appointed as Special Masters.
Paul believes in staying involved in professional and community organizations. He is member of the State Bar of Georgia's Board of Governor and is President of the Southern District of Georgia Federal Bar Association. He is a graduate of Leadership Savannah and the State Bar of Georgia Leadership Academy. He is the past president of the Savannah Trial Lawyers Association, past-Chair of State Bar of Georgia's General Practice and Trial Section, the Bar's largest section, past executive committee member and regional vice president of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, and past member of Mercer Law School Alumni Association Board of Directors. He is also a Fellow of the State Bar of Georgia and serves on numerous State Bar Committees.
Paul is married to Stephanie Painter (nee Boaen) and has three young children. He is a member of St. James Church in Savannah and serves on the St. James Catholic School Advisory Board and the Dutch Island Homeowners Association. He is an avid boater and saltwater fisherman, enjoys bird hunting with his four bird dogs, and loves watching his alma mater (and back to back national champion) Georgia Bulldogs play football.
Education
J.D. - Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law, 2007
B.B.A. - University of Georgia, 1999
Benedictine Military School, 1995
Sheri represents individuals who have suffered from personal injury or death through the negligence of others.
She also advises businesses and individuals on various matters including commercial contracts and leases, commercial disputes, business torts, and labor and employment issues.
Sheri has extensive litigation experience, as well as experience advising both nonprofit and for-profit businesses. Sheri spent the first 14 years of her legal career at the large civil defense firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz. While at Baker Donelson, Sheri focused her practice primarily on products liability, healthcare, financial services, construction, business torts, and estate litigation. Her defense experience also included premises liability, employment, and general commercial litigation.
In 2016, Sheri left her position as a Shareholder with Baker Donelson to become the Executive Director of Legal Aid of East Tennessee. In that role, she directed the day-to-day operations of this almost $6 million, 61-person, unionized, heavily regulated, and geographically dispersed nonprofit law firm. While at Legal Aid, she gained significant experience in labor relations and negotiations, employment law, human resources, staff development, nonprofit management, commercial contracts and leases, federal regulatory law and compliance, and corporate governance.
Before law school, Sheri owned and operated a small business, worked in marketing for a forklift battery manufacturer and a banking software company and worked as a newspaper reporter in Florida and Arizona. She also worked as a Master's-level Mental Health Counselor in Florida.
Sheri earned her law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law. She also holds a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Georgia.
Education
J.D. - University of Tennessee, College of Law
M.S. - Nova Southeastern University
B.A. - University of Georgia
Stephen D. Morrison, III, is a Savannah native and son of a commercial fisherman. He is a formidable trial lawyer, championing his client's cause with a unique combination of elite legal experience and blue-collar work ethic.
After years of mostly defense practice, with big firms and the federal government, Stephen joined Bowen Painter Injury Lawyers to fight for plaintiffs and those wronged by the acts of others. He is adept at navigating diverse legal landscapes in high-stakes disputes, with broad-ranging experience from personal injury claims (like motor vehicle accidents, maritime injury, and medical malpractice) to commercial disputes involving mass torts, antitrust, consumer law, breach of contract, data practices, real estate, and unfair and deceptive trade practices. He has litigated cases in state and federal trial and appellate courts across the nation. Stephen now uses his experience in complex litigation to achieve a simple goal: win for his clients.
Stephen's expertise is born from high-level legal practice. His career began in Washington, D.C., as an associate with one of the world's largest law firms representing Fortune 100 companies. After D.C., Stephen returned to Georgia to spend two years clerking for (now) Chief Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr., in Atlanta, Georgia. He returned to private practice in Minnesota, litigating complex cases and serving in lead roles on trial teams in multimillion dollar disputes. Among other engagements, Stephen has served as trial counsel in opioid litigation brought by state attorneys general and municipalities and held key roles in trial teams defending antitrust class actions and consumer investigations. His former defense counsel and federal law clerk experiences animate his plaintiff-focused practice at Bowen Painter Injury Lawyers.
Outside of the office, Stephen maintains a deep connection to his local and professional community. He is an Eagle Scout, volunteers with his neighborhood's event committee, and holds various roles in national and local bar organizations. He has also provided thousands of hours of pro bono representation to clients who cannot afford counsel.
Stephen lives in Savannah with his wife, Erin (also an attorney), daughter, Milligan, and English cream retriever, Ollie. He enjoys spending time outside, especially on the water, cooking, trying new restaurants and coffee shops, and traveling within and without the USA.
Education
B.S., Religion, summa cum laude - Liberty University, 2013
J.D., magna cum laude - University of Georgia School of Law, 2016
Job Titles:
- Founding Partner
- Member of the Board of Selectmen of the Historic Midway Church
- Member of the Georgia
- Vice - Chairman of the Automobile Law Committee
Andrew practices in the states of Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida, and in multiple higher courts, including the United States Supreme Court.
Relying upon a unique and tested bank of knowledge and resources, Andrew is highly adept at identifying opportunities that increase the recovery value of each and every case.
Native to Savannah, W. Andrew Bowen is an attorney proven by years of experience in personal injury and wrongful death litigation.
After completing his undergraduate studies at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, Andrew attended Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law where he earned a Juris Doctor degree in 1998.
Andrew began his legal career as a Savannah personal injury lawyer representing defendants in automotive collisions, medical negligence, and other personal injury claims as well as working for a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee.
Since 2001, Andrew has focused his career on representing individuals who have suffered serious injury or death. Within this specialty, Andrew has successfully tried cases involving medical malpractice, wrongful death, as well as car, truck, and motorcycle wrecks.
Andrew is a member of the Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina Bars, and practices in the Federal Courts in the State of Georgia and South Carolina. In addition to the Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C., Andrew has earned admission to the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia. He's also earned admission to the 11th Circuit Court of Federal Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Andrew Bowen is currently serving as Vice-Chairman of the Automobile Law Committee and as a member of the Plaintiffs' Policy Task Force of the ABA's Tort and Insurance Practice Section. Andrew has also served as the Savannah Trial Lawyers Association President, and the Supreme Court of Georgia appointed him as a member of the State Bar's Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee.
In addition to his professional affiliations, Andrew is an active member of the Board of Selectmen of the Historic Midway Church and the Administrative Board of the Skidaway Island United Methodist Church. He is also President of the Washington and Lee University Alumni Chapter for the Savannah area.
Andrew and his wife, Melissa Safrit Bowen, have two children-Evelyn Brooks Bowen (born 2008) and Woodrow Alexander Bowen (born 2011).
Education
J.D. - Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law
B.A. - Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia