Gregory G. Sewell

Partner

  • Overview

    Overview

    Gregory G. Sewell is partner with Bouhan Falligant’s civil litigation department. Sewell focuses his practice on medical malpractice defense, personal injury defense, nursing home & long-term care defense, and business litigation, including non-solicitation covenants, covenants not to compete, and non-disclosure issues. Sewell is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and is admitted to practice before all state trial and appellate courts in Georgia, as well as the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

    Sewell is a life-long resident of Savannah, Ga. Upon graduation from Benedictine Military School in 2000, Sewell attended the University of Georgia. While an undergraduate at the University of Georgia, Sewell was a varsity athlete and three-time varsity letter winner for UGA’s Track and Field Team, competing at a national level in the outdoor men’s decathlon, indoor men’s pentathlon, indoor men’s heptathlon (setting a UGA record which stood until 2008), and outdoor men’s 400-meter intermediate hurdles. Sewell was a scholar-athlete at the University of Georgia.

    Upon graduation from the University of Georgia in 2004, Sewell attended law school at Georgia State University School of Law. While a law student, Sewell served on the executive committee of the Student Bar Association as Community Service Chairman and was awarded the Litigation Honors Designation. Sewell earned his Juris Doctor from Georgia State University School of Law in 2007.

    In 2012-2023, Sewell was selected as one of Georgia’s “Rising Stars” by Georgia Super Lawyers and Atlanta Magazine. Only 5 percent of the total lawyers in the state are selected for inclusion. Sewell has also been named Georgia Super Lawyers for 2024 and Lawyer of the Year for Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants by Best Lawyers. He has also been recognized in Best Lawyers in America (2018-2024), America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® for Georgia (2021), Savannah Magazine’s New Guard (2019), Georgia Best Lawyers (2018), and included in Georgia Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite (2013). Most recently, Sewell was selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. 

    Sewell is married to the former Blair Capallo of Savannah, Ga., and they have four children.

  • Education & recognition

    Education & recognition

    • The University of Georgia, B.A.
    • Georgia State University School of Law, J.D., Litigation Honors Designation
    • Admitted to practice: Georgia; Southern and Middle Federal Districts of Georgia; All Georgia State Courts
    • Best Lawyers in America (2018-2024)
    • Named by Best Lawyers as Lawyer of the Year for Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (2023)
    • America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® for Georgia (2021)
    • Super Lawyer Magazine Rising Star (2012-2023)
    • Georgia Super Lawyers 2024
    • Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (2020)
    • 2019 Savannah Magazine’s New Guard
    • Georgia Best Lawyers (2018)
    • Georgia Trend Magazine Legal Elite (2013)
  • Activities & affiliations

    Activities & affiliations

    • President, Leadership Savannah Board of Directors (2019 – present)
    • Fenian Irish Society of Savannah – Chairman (2018 – present)
    • Board of Directors, Leadership Savannah (2015 – present)
    • Fenian Irish Society of Savannah – Vice Chairman (2016 – 2018)
    • Graduate, Leadership Savannah (2015)
    • Defense Research Institute (DRI) (2014 – present)
    • Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (2014 – present)
    • Fenian Irish Society of Savannah – Treasurer (2014 – 2016)
    • Presiding Judge, Georgia High School Mock Trial Competition (2014)
    • St. Joseph’s/Candler Foundations Candler Clays Committee (2013 – present)
    • Georgia Legal History Foundation (2012 – present)
    • Savannah Quarterback Club (2012 – present)
    • Savannah St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee (2012 – present)
    • Emerging Leaders Committee for the Savannah Community Foundation (2012 – 2013)
    • Benedictine Military School Alumni Association Board of Directors (2010 – 2013)
    • St. Baldrick’s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research Volunteer (2010)
    • Youth Basketball Coach, St. James Catholic School (2009 – 2013)
    • Fellowship of Christian Athletes – 300 Club Member (2009 – 2011)
    • Fenian Irish Society of Savannah – By-Laws Chairman (2008 – present)
    • Scoring Evaluator, Georgia High School Mock Trial Competition (2008)
  • Publications & presentations

    Publications & presentations

    • “Spoliation,” Southeastern Association of Legal Assistants
    • “Damages in Personal Injury,” National Business Institute
    • “Legal Considerations in Charting,” Southeast Chapter of the Society of Pediatric Nurses Conference and The Children’s Hospital at Memorial Health University Medical Center
    • “Trial Preparation from Start to Finish,” Institute for Paralegal Education
    • Practice Management Seminars for Resident Physicians (Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Radiology), Memorial Health University Medical Center
    • Medical Records Law in Georgia, Lorman Education Services
    • HIPAA Can Be Minefiled for Lawyers, Providers, Business in Savannah – Savannah Morning News (March 15, 2017)
    • On Arbitration, Wrongful Death Claims, Business in Savannah – Savannah Morning News (June 14, 2016)
    • What Business Owners Need to Know About Spoliation, Business in Savannah – Savannah Morning News (August 17, 2015)
    • Misdiagnosis Law in Georgia: Where Are We Now?, Georgia Bar Journal, February 2011
    • Rules for Suing for Professional Malpractice Change, Business in Savannah – Savannah Morning News (January 26, 2011)

    Representative Experience

    • Evans v. Williams, 341 Ga. App. 226, 799 S.E.2d 263 (2017)
    • Jones v. Long County School District, CV 211-005, 2012 WL 3562300 (S.D. GA August 14, 2012)
    • Campbell v. Savannah Motors, Inc., 311 GA App. 460, 716 S.E. 2d 534 (2011)
    • Howell v. Zottoli, 302 GA App. 477, 691 S.E. 2d 564 (2010)
  1. overview
  2. education
    & recognition
  3. activities
    & affiliations
  4. publications
    & presentations

Overview print to pdf

Gregory G. Sewell is partner with Bouhan Falligant’s civil litigation department. Sewell focuses his practice on medical malpractice defense, personal injury defense, nursing home & long-term care defense, and business litigation, including non-solicitation covenants, covenants not to compete, and non-disclosure issues. Sewell is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and is admitted to practice before all state trial and appellate courts in Georgia, as well as the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

Sewell is a life-long resident of Savannah, Ga. Upon graduation from Benedictine Military School in 2000, Sewell attended the University of Georgia. While an undergraduate at the University of Georgia, Sewell was a varsity athlete and three-time varsity letter winner for UGA’s Track and Field Team, competing at a national level in the outdoor men’s decathlon, indoor men’s pentathlon, indoor men’s heptathlon (setting a UGA record which stood until 2008), and outdoor men’s 400-meter intermediate hurdles. Sewell was a scholar-athlete at the University of Georgia.

Upon graduation from the University of Georgia in 2004, Sewell attended law school at Georgia State University School of Law. While a law student, Sewell served on the executive committee of the Student Bar Association as Community Service Chairman and was awarded the Litigation Honors Designation. Sewell earned his Juris Doctor from Georgia State University School of Law in 2007.

In 2012-2023, Sewell was selected as one of Georgia’s “Rising Stars” by Georgia Super Lawyers and Atlanta Magazine. Only 5 percent of the total lawyers in the state are selected for inclusion. Sewell has also been named Georgia Super Lawyers for 2024 and Lawyer of the Year for Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants by Best Lawyers. He has also been recognized in Best Lawyers in America (2018-2024), America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® for Georgia (2021), Savannah Magazine’s New Guard (2019), Georgia Best Lawyers (2018), and included in Georgia Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite (2013). Most recently, Sewell was selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. 

Sewell is married to the former Blair Capallo of Savannah, Ga., and they have four children.

Education & recognition print to pdf

  • The University of Georgia, B.A.
  • Georgia State University School of Law, J.D., Litigation Honors Designation
  • Admitted to practice: Georgia; Southern and Middle Federal Districts of Georgia; All Georgia State Courts
  • Best Lawyers in America (2018-2024)
  • Named by Best Lawyers as Lawyer of the Year for Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (2023)
  • America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® for Georgia (2021)
  • Super Lawyer Magazine Rising Star (2012-2023)
  • Georgia Super Lawyers 2024
  • Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (2020)
  • 2019 Savannah Magazine’s New Guard
  • Georgia Best Lawyers (2018)
  • Georgia Trend Magazine Legal Elite (2013)

Activities & affiliations print to pdf

  • President, Leadership Savannah Board of Directors (2019 – present)
  • Fenian Irish Society of Savannah – Chairman (2018 – present)
  • Board of Directors, Leadership Savannah (2015 – present)
  • Fenian Irish Society of Savannah – Vice Chairman (2016 – 2018)
  • Graduate, Leadership Savannah (2015)
  • Defense Research Institute (DRI) (2014 – present)
  • Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (2014 – present)
  • Fenian Irish Society of Savannah – Treasurer (2014 – 2016)
  • Presiding Judge, Georgia High School Mock Trial Competition (2014)
  • St. Joseph’s/Candler Foundations Candler Clays Committee (2013 – present)
  • Georgia Legal History Foundation (2012 – present)
  • Savannah Quarterback Club (2012 – present)
  • Savannah St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee (2012 – present)
  • Emerging Leaders Committee for the Savannah Community Foundation (2012 – 2013)
  • Benedictine Military School Alumni Association Board of Directors (2010 – 2013)
  • St. Baldrick’s Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research Volunteer (2010)
  • Youth Basketball Coach, St. James Catholic School (2009 – 2013)
  • Fellowship of Christian Athletes – 300 Club Member (2009 – 2011)
  • Fenian Irish Society of Savannah – By-Laws Chairman (2008 – present)
  • Scoring Evaluator, Georgia High School Mock Trial Competition (2008)

Publications & presentations print to pdf

  • “Spoliation,” Southeastern Association of Legal Assistants
  • “Damages in Personal Injury,” National Business Institute
  • “Legal Considerations in Charting,” Southeast Chapter of the Society of Pediatric Nurses Conference and The Children’s Hospital at Memorial Health University Medical Center
  • “Trial Preparation from Start to Finish,” Institute for Paralegal Education
  • Practice Management Seminars for Resident Physicians (Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Radiology), Memorial Health University Medical Center
  • Medical Records Law in Georgia, Lorman Education Services
  • HIPAA Can Be Minefiled for Lawyers, Providers, Business in Savannah – Savannah Morning News (March 15, 2017)
  • On Arbitration, Wrongful Death Claims, Business in Savannah – Savannah Morning News (June 14, 2016)
  • What Business Owners Need to Know About Spoliation, Business in Savannah – Savannah Morning News (August 17, 2015)
  • Misdiagnosis Law in Georgia: Where Are We Now?, Georgia Bar Journal, February 2011
  • Rules for Suing for Professional Malpractice Change, Business in Savannah – Savannah Morning News (January 26, 2011)

Representative Experience

  • Evans v. Williams, 341 Ga. App. 226, 799 S.E.2d 263 (2017)
  • Jones v. Long County School District, CV 211-005, 2012 WL 3562300 (S.D. GA August 14, 2012)
  • Campbell v. Savannah Motors, Inc., 311 GA App. 460, 716 S.E. 2d 534 (2011)
  • Howell v. Zottoli, 302 GA App. 477, 691 S.E. 2d 564 (2010)

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