About us

THE LAW FIRM OF TOM B. KIRKBRIDE, PC.

The Law Firm of Tom. B. Kirkbride. PC., (Kirkbride Law) is a Georgia law firm based in Peachtree City, specializing as an Outside General Counsel Services (“OGCS”) law practice devoted to special matters, government investigations, legislative affairs, appellate matters, military and veterans matters, employment law & litigation. Additionally Kirkbride Law has practice areas in; criminal defense, serious personal injury, premise liability, commercial vehicle accidents, serious workplace injuries, nursing home & elderly abuse, and catastrophic wrongful death. We collaborate with a team of lawyers in matters related to family and domestic issues based on the clients individual case and circumstances.

Our Mission

The mission of Kirkbride Law is to help clients achieve their goals by providing high quality, ethically sound legal counsel and strategic advice. We work with clients to understand their objectives, resolve current issues and proactively anticipate and prevent future problems. We are committed to delivering efficient and cost-effective legal services with a focus on communication, responsiveness, and attention to detail.

Our Vision

Our vision is to be the elite boutique full-service law firm in Georgia providing a high quality, creative, and solution-oriented legal services to businesses and individuals, through zealous representation, personal attention, and professional diligence. We endeavor to build our Firm’s reputation by satisfying each of our clients’ needs – one client, and one successful outcome, at a time. We will continue to expand the depth of our practice groups, as well as add new groups, in order to provide clients with a broad range of quality services. We will grow our legal team by selectively adding attorneys who can bring a new and diverse approach to client satisfaction. We will grow our support team by adding dedicated, personable and skilled professionals who can enhance our Firm. Kirkbride Law will be recognized as the Firm with which individual clients, businesses, non-profit entities, and governmental organizations desire to associate, because our consistent, proficient team delivers an exceptional experience in legal services.

Our Values

Our core values guide the way in which we interact with our clients and each other. They are the standard to which we are accountable in all situations.

 

  • We value INTEGRITYin all aspects of our work and our lives and are dedicated to maintaining the highest moral standards in our decisions, actions and communications.

 

  • We value INNOVATIONand continually challenge ourselves to learn and grow. We welcome ideas and pursue changes that will enhance our Firm and the service we provide to our clients.

 

  • We value TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION and believe the synergy of our combined individual contributions will elevate the success we achieve for our clients and our Firm.

 

  • We value COMMUNICATIONand understand it is of paramount importance to our success as a Firm. We are committed to timely, responsive, honest and respectful communication with our clients and with each other.

 

  • We valueRESPONSIBILITY to our clients by managing budgets, reducing extraneous costs, adding value and meeting their needs completely.

 

  • We value RESPONSIBILITY to each other to reduce unnecessary costs, work expeditiously and productively, and at all times uphold the image of the Firm.

 

We value the PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE and believe that in striving for excellence we will not only find success as a Firm, but fulfillment as individuals.

You have a choice when it comes to selecting the right law firm and the right lawyer for your matter. At Kirkbride Law, we are committed to you and your matter. Our mission statement, vision statement, and our core values capture the essence who we are, what we do, and why we are the right choice for you.

 

Kirkbride Law believes in a responsible community approach to the practice of law. In support of our commitment the firm, both lawyers and support staff, contributes significant time and resources towards in assisting victims of domestic violence and survivors of human trafficking in Metro – Atlanta and the State of Georgia. Additionally, as a law enforcement professional with over 30-years of experience, Attorney Tom B. Kirkbride personally represents Georgia public safety officers in matters related to traumatic use-of-force incidents and Georgia Peace Officer Standards & Training Counsel P.O.S.T. administrative actions/sanctions.

 

Kirkbride Law welcome all potential clients for a consultation, and in the event we cannot represent them, or our firm would not be a good fit for their case, we will make all efforts to assist them in obtaining other counsel through our matter specific referral network.

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Tom B. Kirkbride

Tom B. Kirkbride is an attorney and principal with the Law Firm of Tom. B. Kirkbride. P.C., Kirkbride Law) is a Georgia law firm based in Peachtree City, specializing as an Outside General Counsel Services (“OGCS”) law practice devoted to special matters, government investigations, legislative affairs, appellate matters, military and veterans matters, employment law & litigation. Additionally Kirkbride Law has practice areas in; criminal defense, serious personal injury, premise liability, commercial vehicle accidents, serious workplace injuries, nursing home & elderly abuse, and catastrophic wrongful death. Tom graduated from Atlanta’s John Marshal School of Law. Tom is a disabled veteran where he served in the United States Army as a special operations, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician for over 12-years before sustaining serious mission-related injuries. In addition, Tom has been a Georgia P.O.S.T. Certified Peace Officer since 1990, where he held positions as public safety bomb technician, arson investigator, patrol officer, SWAT team leader, internal affairs investigator & supervisor department training officer, and support services commander. After the 9/11 attack on this country, Tom left Georgia law enforcement and became a Federal Air Marshal, where he served in the global war on terrorism as a Supervisory Federal Air Marshal (SFAM) providing executive level leadership to the Federal Air Marshal workforce, overseeing the overall planning, direction, and coordination of operations of the Federal Air Marshal Service. Tom is dedicated to supporting public safety professionals as an attorney and legal advisor, where he can leverage his experience as a public safety practitioner and his skill as a lawyer to produce favorable legal strategies in areas related to public safety employment law, EEO complaints, FLSA issues, and complaints of discrimination or violations of civil rights in the hiring, retention, training and termination process. Tom devotes time to helping veterans with VA claims, advocates for victims of domestic violence, survivors of human trafficking, and representing officers in P.O.S.T. certification and disciplinary hearings. Tom serves as a Board Member on the Columbus State University Alumni Association and is an Associate Professor for over 20-years with the Georgia Law Enforcement Command College (GLECC) at Columbus State University where his responsibilities include training executives to influence and manage the future, to be prepared to analyze current issues, forecast the impact and effect of these issues, study probabilities of the future, thus having the ability to influence the future of law enforcement and public safety as a whole. Tom is an Assistant Scoutmaster with Troop 210 in Peachtree City, active member of Saint Gabriel’s Catholic Church in Fayetteville, and serves on the Whitewater High School Public Safety Committee advising on educational matters related to the law and public safety career programs.