Sam focuses his practice on personal injury, wrongful death, criminal defense, local government law, and general litigation matters.
Sam joined the firm after graduating from the Tulane University School of Law in 2004. At Tulane tried several civil and criminal trials to verdict in both State and Federal Court. In his final year at Tulane, Sam was inducted into the Order of Barristers, a National Honor Society recognizing the top oral advocates in each graduating class. Prior to law school, Sam completed his undergraduate degree at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas where he graduated summa cum laude in 2001.
Over the years, Sam has successfully represented clients who have received personal injuries as a result of the negligent acts of others. In that regard, Sam recently served as co-counsel for one of the families whose child was killed in the catastrophic Bluffton University bus crash at the Northside Drive exit off Interstate 75 in Atlanta, Georgia. Sam is particularly proud of successfully representing a young disabled girl against her school district after she received injuries from a fall from her wheelchair after being left unattended. Additionally, Sam has handled hundreds of criminal matters in North Georgia and the surrounding areas. In 2010, Sam helped secure the dismissal of criminal charges against a private investigator who was arrested for witness tampering during his work for the defense team in the matter of State v. Tonya Craft in Catoosa County. In his last two criminal trials, each of his clients was acquitted.
Sam is active in the local community. In 2011, Sam was appointed by the Chief Judge of the Conasauga Judicial Circuit to the Public Defender’s Supervisory Panel. He has served as the President of the Conasauga Bar Association and was a member of the Leadership Dalton-Whitfield Class of 2005. He likewise served as Board Chairman of the Dalton-Whitfield Daycare Center and Vice-Chairman of the Dalton-Whitfield Hospital Authority and former. He presently serves as the local Regional Coordinator of the High School Mock Trial Competition held each February in Dalton, Georgia.
Recent results:
$200,000.00 for client injured when he was struck by an out of town motorist in an intersection collision. Dalton, Georgia, (2012).
$400,000.00 for client injured in an intersection collision with delivery truck. Fulton County State Court. (2010).
$160,000.00 for client injured in motorcycle accident in Cobb County. (2011).
$75,000.00 (policy limits) for client injured in motorcycle accident in Dalton, Georgia. (2010).
$40,000.00 for minor injuries received by client after being struck by a drunk driver in Dalton, Georgia. Whitfield County Superior Court, (2011).
$40,000.00 for client who was falsely imprisoned by department store employees after being wrongfully suspected of shoplifting. Clayton County Superior Court (2008).
