Thomas W. Thrash, Jr.

Born May 8, 1951, Birmingham, AL. Graduated Woodlawn High School, 1969. Graduated University of Virginia (B.A. with High Distinction), 1973. Graduated Harvard Law School (J.D. Cum Laude), 1976. Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta Judicial Circuit, 1977-1981. Associate, Ross & Finch and Finch, McCranie, Brown & Blank, 1981-1985. Partner, Finch, McCranie, Brown & Thrash,1985-1995. Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law,1986-1995. Sole practitioner, 1995-1997. Member, Georgia State Election Board, 1994-1996. Chair, Litigation Section of the Atlanta Bar Association, 1993-1994. Chair, Judicial Section of the Atlanta Bar Association, 2003-2004.  Board of Visitors, Georgia State University Law School, 2013 to 2025. Board of Trustees, American Shakespeare Center, 2014 to 2020. Board of Directors, Atlanta Shakespeare Company, 2016 to 2021. Author of Shakespeare: Legally Speaking (Amazon.com 2025) Appointed U.S. District Judge Northern District of Georgia, August 1, 1997 by President Clinton. Chief Judge, Northern District of Georgia, 2014 to 2021. Member, Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the United States, 2000-2007. Elected Member, American Law Institute.