Courses Offered:

Torts
Municipal Corporations
Law of Legislative Government

Professional Biographical Information:

R. Perry Sentell, Jr., Marion and W. Colquitt Carter Chair in Tort and Insurance Law, retired on July 1, 2004, after over 46 years of teaching and service to the University of Georgia.

A prolific scholar, Sentell has published nearly 30 books including: Essays on the Supreme Court of Georgia (2004), The Georgia Supreme Court and Local Government Law: Two Sheets to the Wind (1999), Studies in Georgia Statutory Law (1997), The Georgia Negligence Jury (1995), Tales Out of Trial (1995), A Profile: The People and Practice of Georgia Local Government Law (1995), The Law of Municipal Tort Liability in Georgia (4th ed., 1988) and Studies in Georgia Local Government Law (3d ed., 1977). Recent articles include: "Local Government Liability Litigation: Numerical Nuances" in the Georgia Law Review (2004), "Local Government Litigation: Some Pivotal Principles" in the Mercer Law Review (2003), "Lightening the Load: In the Georgia Supreme Court" in the Georgia Law Review (2003) and "A Six-Member Civil Jury in Georgia? The Trial Judges Weigh In" in the Mercer Law Review (2002). He has also published an annual "Survey of Local Government Law" in the Mercer Law Review since 1963.

Several generations of lawyers and policymakers in Georgia have looked to Sentell for guidance on matters pertaining to local government law and torts. He has been honored by the Georgia House of Representatives, the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association and the Georgia Municipal Association for distinguished service to the advancement of legal education. In 1995, he received the Distinguished Service Scroll Award, the highest honor bestowed by the UGA Law School (Alumni) Association. Graduates have selected Sentell 11 times as their class marshal, a distinction given to the law school faculty or staff member whom they most respect.

Sentell earned both his bachelor's degree and law degree from the University of Georgia. He later earned a master of laws degree from Harvard University.