Born in Brooklyn, New York, George moved to Florence when he was 7 years old. After attending Southside Jr. High School and graduating from West Florence High School in 1974, where he served as Student Body President, George pursued higher education at the University of South Carolina, getting his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978 and his law degree in 1982. He then practiced law in Columbia for two years before returning to Florence in 1984, joining with his oldest brother, Ronald, the Founding Partner at Jebaily Law Firm. George is licensed in both state and federal courts in South Carolina, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar Association, the Florence County Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, and the South Carolina Association for Justice (SCAJ) where he currently serves on the Board of Governors, and is a Trustee for SCAJ PAC. He is a past board member of Carolina Regional Legal Services Corp, a local entity helping the indigent gain access to legal services. George also currently serves as a board member on behalf of the Pee Dee Regional Transportation Authority (PDRTA).

Carthenia W. Jefferson, RN, Esq. is an attorney, legal nurse consultant, medical chart reviewer and a speaker. Her educational background includes: a BSN from UAB School of Nursing, RN since 1985, JD from Birmingham School of Law and License to practice Law in the State of Alabama since 2004. She has spoken nationally and locally on topics such as: “Nursing and the Law”, “End of Life Issues”, “Breast Cancer Awareness”, “Domestic Violence”, and “The Affordable Care Act”. She received the 2010 Nurse Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the National Black Nurses Association and Outstanding New Member Award from the Alabama State Nurses Association. Carthenia received the 2013 Alabama State Nurses Association Leadership Award at the 100th Annual Alabama State Nurses Association Convention. In 2015, Carthenia was inducted as a Fellow into the American Bar Foundation. In 2016, Carthenia received the Lillian Holland Harvey Award from the Alabama State Nurses Association which is awarded to a member who has made significant contributions in one or more of the following areas: fostering transcultural relations, promoting the advancement of minority groups, and upgrading health care services to those who are culturally and economically under-served. Carthenia serves on several Boards which includes Alabama Lawyers Association, Birmingham Black Nurses Association, Inc., and Brenda’s Brown Bosom Buddies.

Carthenia is a solo practitioner at her own law firm, Jefferson Law Firm, LLC where her areas of concentration are: Wrongful Deaths, Medical, Dental and Nursing Malpractice, Personal Injury and Accidents, Defective Products, Family Law (Uncontested and Contested Divorce, Child Support, Juvenile Matters), Criminal Law (Felonies, Misdemeanors and DUIs), Probate Law (Estate Planning, Living Wills, Last Wills and Testaments, Power of Attorney, Adoptions, Guardianships, Pre-Nuptials), Employment Law (Wrongful Termination/Discharge, Retaliation, Unpaid Overtime Compensation), Legal Nurse Consultant. Carthenia is dedicated to working with the youth, families, disadvantage, underserved, promoting breast cancer awareness, and reducing violence in our communities. Carthenia is the proud mother of one son, Lawrence Mond Jefferson, Jr. (deceased) and a member at Sixth Avenue Baptist Church. Her motto is: “If I can help somebody as I travel along then my living will not be in vain”

John Jeffrey has been the General Counsel and Secretary at ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers for the past 14 years. John has broad legal and business experience in the general business, technology and entertainment industries and has provided services to individuals, non-profits/trusts, and companies (from startups to Fortune 500 companies) as a deal-maker, litigator, corporate and intellectual property lawyer, and business executive. John has managed business functions relating to legal, strategic, corporate and business development, advertising, marketing, operations and public relations in various companies. Before joining ICANN, John spent four years at the Silicon Valley streaming media/Internet radio start-up Live365, where he was the Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and General Counsel. While at Live365, John managed strategic and corporate development, business development, marketing, public relations, and governmental, business & legal affairs. He was actively involved in helping to frame the issues and public discussion surrounding the US Copyright Offices' Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP) relating to Digital Sound Recording Performance Royalties for Webcasting and helped lead a grassroots effort that resulted in the passing of copyright legislation relating to webcasting royalties for small webcasters/internet radio. John also previously served as Director of Business and Legal Affairs and Senior Counsel of Legal Affairs at global entertainment company, Discovery Communications, Inc. (noted for the Discovery Channel, TLC, Travel Channel and others) where he negotiated television and technology deals for Discovery's content and distribution channels around the world. John began his in-house experience at News Corporation working on the business affairs and legal teams at Fox Television, during the launch of their cable television division and first websites. He was a member of the launch team for the cable channels FX and FXM: Movies from Fox. John started his legal career as a litigation attorney in Los Angeles defending businesses and professionals in United States' Federal Courts and California State Courts. He holds a political science degree from the University of Dayton, and a law degree from Southwestern University School of Law. John has been a member of the California, US Federal District Court (CD, CA), and US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals legal bar associations since 1988. John also managed his own media consulting business, Point Break Media.

Clay Jenkins provides vision and leadership for Loncar Lyon Jenkins. He believes that each client is important and deserves to have their case handled respectfully and successfully. At Loncar Lyon Jenkins, Clay and his partners use the Golden Rule as a guiding principle: they treat every client the way they would want to be treated. An accomplished trial lawyer, Clay Jenkins started his personal injury practice in 1989 after clerking for the Texas Supreme Court. He co-counseled some of Brian Loncar’s biggest cases for 25 years before purchasing an interest in the firm. He is the former Chairman of the Board of Advocates for the Texas Trial Lawyers Association and previously served as President of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association. Clay Jenkins was nominated for Dallas Morning News’ Texan of the Year by Sen. Leticia Van de Putte for his work helping unaccompanied, undocumented minors on the Texas border. He received the Luz Award from the Dallas Hispanic Bar Association, which presented to the single member of the bar who had the most significant impact on the Latino community. Clay’s leadership of the successful response to America’s first Ebola outbreak was chronicled in Vanity Fair, the NYT, and Time Magazine. He has appeared as an authority on many nationally-broadcast news programs and networks, including ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Fox and Friends, MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, CBS, NBC, and many others.