1941
Mr. Finkel is born in New York, New York to Abraham B. and Elizabeth B. Finkel.
1962
Mr. Finkel receives a Bachelor of Arts from New York University.
1962
Mr. Finkel serves in the U.S. Army for five years, rising in the ranks to captain.
1970
Mr. Finkel receives a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of South Carolina School of Law.
1970
Mr. Finkel is admitted to practice in the state of South Carolina and the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
1970
Mr. Finkel is a founding member of Finkel Law Firm, LLC and Predecessor Firms in Columbia, South Carolina.
1970
Mr. Finkel serves as a lecturer on law and management at the Columbia Junior College of Business.
1973
Mr. Finkel is admitted to practice in Washington, D.C., the Supreme Court of the United States, and the United States District Court for the Fourth Circuit.
1974
Mr. Finkel becomes a special judge in the Richland County Family Court.
1979
Mr. Finkel serves as a hearing officer for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
1982
Mr. Finkel becomes a lifetime member of the American Law Institute.
1983
Mr. Finkel is listed in the inaugural publication of Best Lawyers in America and maintains a listing in each edition to the day, in the areas of bankruptcy and credit-debtor rights law, commercial litigation, and insurance law.
1990
Mr. Finkel becomes a lecturer on insurance law for the South Carolina Bar Review.
1996
Mr. Finkel becomes a certified circuit court arbitrator.
1997
Mr. Finkel becomes a capstone lecturer on law and medicine at the School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.
2007
Mr. Finkel becomes a professor of law at the Charleston School of Law.
2007
Mr. Finkel becomes Of Counsel at Finkel Law Firm, LLC and Predecessor Firms.
2008
Mr. Finkel is listed in South Carolina Super Lawyers.
2010
Mr. Finkel becomes a hearing officer for the South Carolina Department of Insurance.
2016
Mr. Finkel becomes professor emeritus at the Charleston School of Law.