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= James F. Harman, III =

James F. Hartman III (born January 27, 1977), is an American lawyer practicing tort law in North Charleston, South Carolina. He has run his own practice, The Hartman Law Firm, LLC, in Northern Charleston since 2011.

He graduated from Florida State Law School in 2008. His ambition was originally to become a real estate lawyer, but the United States economic crisis, which happened in the same year that he graduated, changed his mind. As result, Hartman became a trial lawyer.

Hartman is best known for his involvement in the Takata airbag recall, in which he represented a victim of the airbag failure. He is also an accomplished writer and author of Tyger River Redux: A History of Bad Faith Law in South Carolina, which explores the violation of good faith by insurance companies.

Early Life
Frank Hartman was born in the Baptist Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina on January 27, 1977. He is the only son of Elizabeth (maiden name Harness) and James F. Hartman, II, a prominent lawyer.

Hartman grew up on the Isle of Palms, South Carolina, and was close with his maternal grandparents, Elizabeth (maiden name Green) and Connie Clyde Harness, Jr. He is an only child, but has many cousins.

For Hartman, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. He comes from a long line of lawyers, including his father, James F. Hartman, II, who was a prominent attorney in Columbia, SC. The elder also practiced as a plaintiff’s trial lawyer.

His maternal uncle “Cotton” Connie Clyde Harness, III, was a prominent environmental lawyer in Charleston, SC. Cotton Harness also led the charge for instituting mediation as a primary means of resolving legal disputes. Mediation is now the primary means by which civil disputes are resolved.

Hartman took an interest in law early in his academic career. Being an avid reader, he excelled in primary school at Sullivan’s Island Elementary School. He developed a love of history and law at Porter-Gaud High School in Charleston, SC. studied at the College of Charleston, eventually taking a Major in History and a Minor in Political Science.

Education
Hartman was able to attend college due, in part, to financial support from the James F. Byrnes Foundation. He studied at the College of Charleston, eventually taking a Major in History and a Minor in Political Science.

During his time at the College of Charleston, Hartman studied abroad at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. During his time there, he focused his studies on the philosophers that influenced the drafters of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States, written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, respectively. (It should be noted that James Madison's Constitution was a more collective undertaking, but he was the primary writer.)

Following his graduation from the College of Charleston, Frank began law school. He first attended the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, VA. He then transferred to the Florida State University College of Law (FSU Law) to complete his studies.

In the Summer of 2005, he studied at the University of Oxford, at St. Edmund Hall. At Oxford, he studied early English legal history, which forms the basis of the common law of the United States. During the fall semester he participated in the ERASMUS program at the University of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He studied international tax law, white collar crime, and the law created with the founding of the European Union.

Career
Frank's first position as a legal professional was with the Shaw Law Firm in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Hartman began working as a personal injury lawyer at a firm in Charleston in 2008 and continued there until 2011. In 2011, Hartman started The Hartman Law Firm, LLC in North Charleston.

=== Tyger River Redux: A History of Bad Faith Law in South Carolina === In 2010, Frank wrote Tyger River Redux: A History of Bad Faith Law in South Carolina to address bad faith practices by insurance companies. The article discusses the duty of insurance companies to provide "good faith and fair dealing" to their customers, as it relates to the Tyger River Doctrine. It was published in the South Carolina Young Lawyer's Magazine in the 2010, 4th quarter edition.

Hartman wrote the article as an advocate for good faith practices. Insurance companies have a history of treating claims in "bad faith," meaning that they violated their duty. Good faith practices in South Carolina are covered under the Tyger River Doctrine, which Hartman referenced throughout his paper.

Legal Case History
As a personal injury and trial attorney, Frank has handled the following cases between 2008 and 2018.

Case# Clarissa REDACTED v Honda, et al 24JAN2017