Thomas "Woody" Sampson II

*Recognized by Best Lawyers in America 2023
*Listed in Super Lawyers for the past 10 years
*Rated AV Preeminent (highest rating) by Martindale-Hubbell
* Multiple Million Dollar Settlements in 2022

Thomas G. "Woody" Sampson, II is a Partner with Thomas Kennedy Sampson and Tompkins, Georgia’s oldest black-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 in the civil and criminal arena.

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. He has fifteen (15) years of experience in medical malpractice, personal injury and wrongful death, premises liability, consumer warranty, and other general civil litigation matters. Woody has tried cases for the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority, the Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (“MARTA”), Ford Motor Company, State Farm Insurance, as well as others.

In addition to his trial experience, Woody has served as General Counsel to the Fulton County Board of Ethics for the past ten (10) years. As Counsel to the Board of Ethics, Woody has advised 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 for the past eight (8) years from individuals who sought to determine whether their prospective conduct constituted an ethical violation. In addition, Woody has represented and advised City of Atlanta elected officials on issues concerning election law violations and other ethical issues concerning elections.