Philip Poole

Associate Attorney

Philip Poole has been an associate with Hammers Law Firm since 2024.

Before joining Hammers Law Firm, Philip worked for a boutique business litigation firm in Decatur, Georgia where he worked on a wide variety of complex business disputes including: construction defects, partnership and shareholder disputes, business torts, employment discrimination claims, breach of contract claims, claims involving the Georgia Fair Business Practices Act (FBPA), defamation claims, claims for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty, commercial and residential landlord-tenant disputes, trademark and copyright claims under the Lanham Act, and restrictive covenant disputes.

Philip has been first or second chair in over a dozen jury trials and bench trials in the Georgia State and Federal Courts. Immediately after graduating from the University of Georgia School of Law, Philip served as a law clerk in the Superior Court of Carroll County for Hon. Jon Simpson, Chief Judge of the Coweta Judicial Circuit.

After completing his clerkship, Philip worked at a large regional insurance defense firm where he represented insurance companies and their insureds in first-party coverage disputes and third-party liability claims.

Philip now focuses his practice on fighting for the rights of injured individuals across the state of Georgia in personal injury matters involving automobile liability, trucking liability, premises liability, and products liability. Philip is an avid University of Georgia Football and Atlanta Braves fan. In his spare time, Philip enjoys golfing, cooking, and spending time with his wife Erin and their two young children.

 

Education

University of Georgia School of Law, JD, 2019

Georgia State University, BS, Summa Cum Laude, 2016

Bar Admissions

Georgia

Courts & Adjudicative Bodies

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Memberships

Member, State Bar of Georgia

Member, St. Thomas More Society of Atlanta