Samuel S. Woodhouse

Mediator/Arbitrator

Samuel Woodhouse
Samuel Woodhouse
Phone

Main:

678-222-0248


Direct:

404-214-7194

Email

Email Samuel S. Woodhouse

Fees

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    Administrative Fee
    $200.00 per party/per day

    Mediation / Arbitration Hourly Fees

    2 Party Case: $375.00 Per Party Per Hour
    3 Party Case: $350.00 Per Party Per Hour
    4 Party Case: $325.00 Per Party Per Hour
    5(+) Party Case: $275.00 Per Party Per Hour
    *Negotiated flat rate available upon request

    Fees are the same for any additional time spent on document review, research, written findings of fact/law and other outside time, if any, necessary to prepare or make an informed award or evaluation.

    TRAVEL TIME:
    For travel time charges for mediations & arbitrations held at locations other than at BAY’s offices in Atlanta, please contact BAY.

    ALL CHARGES WILL BE SHARED EQUALLY AMONG ALL PARTIES, UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED IN WRITING. RATES MAY BE ADJUSTED FOR SPECIAL SITUATIONS. THE FEE IS TO BE AGREED UPON IN ADVANCE.

    OUR CONTRACT FOR SERVICES IS WITH THE ATTORNEY(S). WE EXTEND CREDIT, WITH NO ADVANCE DEPOSIT REQUIREMENT, BASED ON THE ATTORNEY’S CREDIT. THE ATTORNEY, IN TURN, COLLECTS FROM HIS/HER CLIENT. THEREFORE, WE EXPECT PAYMENT FROM THE ATTORNEY(S) REGARDLESS OF CLIENT ACTIVITY. ALL FEES MUST BE PAID IN FULL ON EVERY ARBITRATION PRIOR TO THE AWARD BEING PUBLISHED.

    *** A FINANCE CHARGE OF 1.50% PER MONTH (18% PER YEAR) WILL BE CHARGED ON BALANCES DUE OVER 45 DAYS.

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Please note that a requested date is not fully booked until confirmed by our scheduling coordinator, Sam Kinghorn.

Bio

Sam Woodhouse is an experienced trial attorney, having tried jury trials and non-jury trials to verdict in federal and state courts, as well as commercial arbitrations. Sam supplemented his actual courtroom experience with intensive classroom trial advocacy training at Temple Law School’s nationally recognized LL.M. in Trial Advocacy Program. This culminated in Sam earning an LL.M. in Trial Advocacy from Temple University Beasley School of Law, where he graduated with Honors.

Prior to establishing The Woodhouse Law Firm, LLC in 2007, Sam was a Shareholder and the Managing Partner of the Atlanta office of Cozen O’Connor, a full service global law firm with over 550 attorneys in 25 offices.

Sam is a Registered Neutral Civil Mediator in Georgia with the Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution. He is also a Registered Arbitrator in Georgia with the Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution.

Sam is AV®Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated[1] by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, the highest rating in legal ability and ethical standards given by one’s peers.

Sam is a former member of: 1) the Board of Directors of Sadie G. Mays Health & Rehabilitation Center, 2) a former member of the Ethics Commission of the Atlanta Board of Education, 3) a former member of the Alcohol Board of the City of Brookhaven, 4) a former member of the Board of Directors of the GABWA Foundation, and 5) a former member of the Board of Directors of the Gate City Bar Association.

In 2016 Sam received the A.T. Walden Outstanding Lawyer’s Award from the Gate City Bar Association. In 2018 Sam received the Commitment to Equality Award from the Committee to Promote Inclusion in the Profession of the State Bar of Georgia. On April 12, 2018 Sam received the GABWA Professional Development Academy Visionary Award. On July 27, 2024 Sam received the Zenith Award for Distinction in the Profession from the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys.

Sam has vast experience with the state and federal courts and Judges. In light of this vast experience he regularly serves as local counsel for lawyers who are not located in Georgia. Also, Sam has served as a Special Master for Judges on the Superior Court of Fulton and DeKalb counties.

[1] AV®Preeminent™ is a certification mark of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings Fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.

Areas of Expertise

  • Catastrophic Personal Injuries/Brain Injuries
  • Wrongful Death
  • Products Liability
  • Premises Liability
  • Professional Malpractice
  • Insurance + Coverage
  • Injuries + Accidents
  • Business + Commercial
  • Employment + Labor
  • State, Local + Municipal Law
  • Civil Rights / Section 1985
  • Healthcare

Locations

  • Atlanta

Languages Spoken

  • English

Credentials

ADR Training
  • Resolution Resources Corporation comprehensive 21 hour training course on the concepts, principles, and application of the skills of mediation.
  • Henning Mediation & Arbitration Services, Inc. – 28 hours of Civil Mediation training and 12 hours of Mediation Practicum.
  • Registered Neutral Civil Mediator with the Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution.
  • Henning Mediation & Arbitration Services, Inc. – 7 hours of Arbitration training.
  • Registered Neutral Non-Binding Arbitration with the Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution.
Education
  • LL.M. Temple University School of Law, 1999
  • J.D. Duquesne University School of Law, 1993
  • B.S. Duquesne University, 1990
Bar Admissions
  • Georgia
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • Florida
Court Admissions
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Courts of Appeal – Third and Eleventh Circuits
  • U.S. District Court – District of New Jersey; Northern, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida; Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia; Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania
Legal Employment
  • Founder and Managing Partner, The Woodhouse Law Firm, LLC, 2007-Present
  • Shareholder and Managing Partner of Atlanta Office, Cozen O’Connor, 1993-2007
Professional Affiliations
  • State Bar of Georgia
  • The Florida Bar
Publications
  • A More Perfect Union: Creating a Strong Relationship Between In-House and Outside Counsel, 2006, Samuel S. Woodhouse and John Lewis, Jr.
Presentations
  • Presenter for the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys’ Professional Development Academy, 2008-2017
    • The Academy is an intensive, four-week professional development program that prepares young attorneys (five years or less of practice) and law students (second and third year students) for a successful career that includes leadership and service. In 2009, the Academy won the National Council of Women’s Bar Association’s (NCWBA) 2009 Outstanding Member Program Award.