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Thomas G. Sampson Jr., Pioneering Black Georgia Lawyer, Dies

Thomas G. Sampson Jr., Pioneering Black Georgia Lawyer, Dies

Sampson Jr. co-founded Georgia’s oldest Black-owned regulation agency Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Tompkins.


Thomas G. Sampson Jr., the co-founder of Georgia’s oldest Black-owned regulation agency Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Tompkins, died on July 3, in line with a press launch from the Metropolis of Atlanta, which was launched on the day he died.

Per the press launch, Sampson was regarded as “a authorized big, civic trailblazer, and proud son of our metropolis. Mr. Sampson didn’t simply construct a regulation agency – he constructed a legacy. He confirmed us what it seems like to steer with objective, serve with integrity, and make historical past whereas empowering others to do the identical.”

Sampson, a 1968 Morehouse School graduate who earned his regulation diploma from the College of North Carolina in 1971, was extremely regarded within the authorized neighborhood. He was featured in each version of The Finest Legal professionals in America since 1993 and made historical past as the primary Black legal professional inducted into the Georgia Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

In keeping with a biography of Sampson on his regulation agency’s web site, Atlanta Journal’s Finest Legal professionals in America listing had persistently named him to its listing of the “Finest Legal professionals in Atlanta” and he was named a Georgia “Tremendous Lawyer” in annually of that listing’s existence, which solely 5% of the state’s attorneys are even named to. In 2006, Morehouse School gave Sampson the Bennie Trailblazer Award, the very best recognition an alumni of the college can obtain.

Following within the footsteps of his father, the late Daniel George Sampson, he practiced regulation for over 50 years and constructed a nationwide trial apply and a popularity within the fields of non-public damage, wrongful dying, and medical malpractice litigation.

As The Atlanta Journal-Structure reported, Atlanta’s mayor, Andre Dickens known as Sampson a “tireless mentor” for generations of Black attorneys in Atlanta in his personal assertion.

“For over 5 many years, Mr. Sampson stood as a pillar of excellence within the authorized occupation, a fierce advocate for justice and a tireless mentor to generations of Black attorneys,” Dickens stated.

He continued, “His management prolonged past the courtroom—uplifting our communities, advancing civil rights, and opening doorways that had lengthy been closed to individuals of coloration.”

Dickens concluded his assertion, expressing his sympathy for the Sampson household.

“On behalf of town of Atlanta, I lengthen my deepest condolences to all the Sampson household, particularly his school sweetheart and beloved spouse of 57 years Jacquelyn, his devoted youngsters Woody and Alia, six grandchildren, niece State Consultant Inga Willis, all the TKST household and all these whose lives he touched. Might we honor his reminiscence by persevering with the combat for justice, fairness, and alternative for all. Thomas Sampson moved Atlanta ahead—and we’re eternally grateful,” Mayor Dickens stated.

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