Tom received his law degree with honors from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1998 and a BBA in Finance from the University of Georgia with honors in 1995. His practice is a full-service adoption law firm specializing in all aspects of Georgia Adoption Law. Tom is recognized as an expert on Georgia Adoption Law. He is a Fellow with the Georgia Council of Adoption Lawyers, a Certified Child Welfare Specialist with the National Association of Counsel for Children, and a frequent speaker on Georgia Adoption Law.
He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, the Columbus Bar Association, and the Family Law Bar of the Chattahoochee Circuit. He is a registered neutral with the Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution as a mediator and arbitrator for general civil matters, domestic matters, juvenile delinquency cases and is certified to mediate cases involving family violence. Previously, Tom was an associate with the law firm of Troutman Sanders LLP and interned for the Hon. P. Harris Hines, Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. He lives in Columbus with his wife and four children.