The Attorneys of Jekel-Doolittle, LLC

Frederick Jekel

Frederick, “Fritz”, Jekel was born near Buffalo, New York.  The sixth of seven children, he moved to South Carolina after high school and enrolled in the University of South Carolina.  He immediately fell in love with the area and made the state his home.

In 1993, Fritz graduated the South Carolina School of Law with a Masters in Public Administration and his Juris Doctorate. After passing the bar, he went to work for Ness, Motley, Loadholt Richardson & Poole, PA.  As a pre-trial and trial attorney he handled cases in a wide range of intricate issues: 

Around 2002, when the firm became Motley Rice, Fritz began to focus his legal endeavors on catastrophic injury cases such as asbestos and severe personal injury.  He won several multi-million dollar asbestos case rulings.  He also led the counsel for students at Stratford High School who alleged their civil rights were violated during a drug raid, effectively changing police department and public school policies.

In 2008, Frederick Jekel ended his tenure with Motley Rice in order to open Jekel-Doolittle with his best friend of over 15 years, Paul Doolittle.

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Paul J. Doolittle

Paul J. Doolittle was born in Columbia, South Carolina.  While his family moved several times as a child, he has always called South Carolina home and still does today, living in Mount Pleasant with his wife and two daughters.

Paul graduated from the University of South Carolina with an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and a minor in Business Law.

From there, he went to work for Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, starting in their mailroom.  He worked his way up to trial assistant while going to University of South Carolina School of Law.  This gave him the thorough, first-hand view of the practice of law, with which he fell in love.

While in law school, Paul also earned a number of distinctions:

After being awarded his Juris Doctorate, Paul went to work for the law firm of Foster & Foster.   There he gained experience in a wide variety of cases, ranging from simpler auto accidents to complicated auto transactions.

Taking the skills he learned at Foster & Foster, Paul went to what is now referred to as the Motley Rice law firm.  While working his way up to partner of the firm, he moved from Greenville to Charleston.  He also accomplished a great deal, including: