Practice Areas
- Appellate Practice
- Business Litigation & Risk Management
- Medical Malpractice Defense
- Premises Liability
- Products Liability
Legendary trial lawyer Tom Carlock said he's not ready to retire, so he joined Huff Powell & Bailey from Carlock Copeland & Stair, the litigation defense firm he co-founded almost 50 years ago.
Tom helps clients address civil litigation issues and has extensive experience trying complex medical malpractice and general liability cases for the defense for over 50 years. He has tried to jury more than 500 civil cases, more than 75 wrongful death cases and more than 150 catastrophic injury cases.
Tom received his legal training from Emory University School of Law. He graduated from law school in 1966.
Tom is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has repeatedly been recognized by his peers as a Georgia Super Lawyer.
- B.A., Vanderbilt University (1963)
- J.D., Emory University School of Law (1966)
- Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
- Georgia Trial Lawyer of the Year
- Repeatedly recognized by his peers as a Georgia Super Lawyer
- Lawyers Club of Atlanta
- Trucking Industry Defense Association
- The Advocates Club
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Defense Lawyers Association
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Adjunct Professor Emory University School of Law
- The Greg Maddux of Georgia Law
- State Bar of Georgia
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia