Frederick Jekel

Frederick Jekel is a partner at the prestigious firm of Jekel-Doolittle, LLC, and serves clients in the Charleston, South Carolina, area. Mr. Jekel focuses his practice on catastrophic cases, asbestos personal injury and complex litigation. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of South Carolina in 1989 and his Master of Public Administration, as well as his Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1993.

Mr. Jekel has been a leader in his industry throughout his legal career. One of the best examples of this fact was his management of a nationwide lead poisoning campaign, during which he successfully litigated cases in South Carolina, North Carolina, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio and West Virginia.

Mr. Jekel has successfully litigated several high profile asbestos cases and won awards on behalf of his clients exceeding $1 million. He was instrumental in personal injury and class action cases stemming from a train derailment and represented students whose civil rights were violated during a failed drug raid on a high school. During this case, Mr. Jekel helped his clients attain an award of over $1 million.

In addition to cases in South Carolina, Mr. Jekel has successfully tried cases in Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Ohio and North Carolina. He has also litigated in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, North Carolina, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Illinois.

Although Mr. Jekel grew up in upstate New York, he has lived in South Carolina since graduating high school and attending college. His entire family followed him south and they are now part of the South Carolina community.