Practice Areas
- Damages Mitigation
- Medical Malpractice Defense
- Premises Liability
- Products Liability
Tom Mazziotti is an experienced trial lawyer and a partner in the firm's Atlanta, Georgia office. Tom is regularly in the courtroom and concentrates his practice on the defense of complex cases with significant damages exposure, including products liability, medical malpractice and other healthcare related claims, as well as commercial litigation. Tom has been in practice since 1997 and has built a career and reputation for hard work and the aggressive defense of his clients.
Tom is the co-Practice Group Leader of the firm's Products Liability Practice Group. His products liability practice includes years of serving as national, regional and local counsel for clients in mass tort claims, as well as claims filed by single party plaintiffs. He has particular expertise in defending manufacturers of medical devices, pharmaceuticals, construction materials, hand and power tools, and consumer products. He also advises clients on all matters of product safety and risk.
Tom's practice also focuses on defending physicians, nurses and other allied health professionals, and healthcare facilities and corporations in medical malpractice lawsuits and related claims. He serves as counsel on a wide variety of day-to-day healthcare risk management issues and is frequently requested to give presentations to healthcare providers on relevant risk and patient safety issues.
Tom has been recognized by his peers as a Georgia Super Lawyers since 2005. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and the International Association of Defense Counsel. Both of these prestigious memberships are by invitation only.
Tom is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, where he attended Marist High School and met his wife, Jennifer. Tom and Jennifer have three children.
- B.A., Political Science, Washington and Lee University (1992)
- J.D., cum laude, Georgia State University College of Law (1997)
- State Bar of Georgia
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Effective Use of Experts, the Rules of Engagement,” Co-author, Product Liability Law & Strategy.
- Member, International Association of Defense Counsel
- Charter Member, Fellows of the Atlanta Bar Foundation
- Fellow, Georgia Lawyers Foundation
- Member, Atlanta Bar Association
- Member, The American Health Lawyers Association
- Past President, Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers
- Member, Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys
- Member, Georgia Society for Healthcare Risk Management
- Member, St. Thomas More Society
- Founding Member, Georgia Italian American Bar Association
- Leadership Sandy Springs, Class of 2010
- Member, American Board of Trial Advocates
- Litigation Minefields: The Importance of Risk Management,” Georgia Bio Annual Conference, Panelist, November 2020.
- Potential Criminal Implications for Corporate Officers – Park Doctrine,” and “Process of Recall / Food Safety Modernization Act,” Program Co-Chair and Speaker at the Food Liability Litigation Conference in Atlanta.
- “Effective Use of Medical Records in Personal Injury Litigation,” Lorman Education Services, National Teleconference.
- “Business Across Borders, Protecting the In-House Attorney-Client Privilege Domestically and Abroad,” Greenberg Traurig Continuing Legal Education Program in Atlanta.
- “Minimizing Exposure and Managing Product Recall Effectively,” 6th Annual Drug & Medical Device Litigation Forum at Marcus Evans in Philadelphia.
- “The Recall Playbook: Offense and Defense,” Food Claims and Litigation Conference – Emerging Issues in Food-Related Litigation, Grocery Manufacturers Association in Austin, Texas.
- Using the Legal Nursing Compass for Maintaining Patient Safety,” Navigating Ethical and Legal Issues in a Changing Health Care Environment, Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University.
- “Product Liability and the Food and Drug Administration,” Toxic Torts, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Atlanta.
- “Make or Brake Your Case,” Experts in Auto Litigation, Auto Insurance Law and Accident Litigation in Georgia, Lorman Education Services in Atlanta.