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Thomas G. Sampson, II (“Woody”) is a partner with Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Tompkins, Georgia’s oldest minority-owned law firm. A trial lawyer, Woody regularly represents Fortune 500 companies, individuals and governmental entities in various types of complex legal matters. He has a wide variety of experience, having been involved in trying more than 100 cases. He has handled matters involving Civil Rights/Section 1983 Litigation, Consumer Warranty, Insurance Defense, Legal & Medical Malpractice, Negligent Security, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Product Liability, Trucking Litigation and Wrongful Death.

Woody has worked as a plaintiff’s attorney, trying multi-million dollar personal injury cases, as well as a defense attorney, defending major corporations against multi-million dollar lawsuits. Woody has tried cases for governmental entities, Fortune 500 companies, as well as major insurance carriers.

In addition to his trial experience, Woody has served as General Counsel to the Fulton County Board of Ethics since 1999, advising the Board on numerous complaints that have come before them concerning ethical violations of Fulton County elected officials and employees of Fulton County. He has authored all of the requests for advisory opinions from individuals who sought to determine whether their prospective conduct constituted an ethical violation. In addition, Woody has represented and advised elected officials on issues concerning election law violations and other ethical issues concerning elections.

Woody has been listed as a Georgia Super Lawyers® and was a Charter Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America. This trial honorary is by invitation and consists of less than 1% of trial lawyers in America. Woody has also been listed in “The Power Book” as one of the top 50 leaders in the legal profession by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

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