The son of Tom Nash, a former Georgia All-American back, Tom Nash Jr. had a similar impact for the Bulldogs as a tackle. A two-time First-Team All-SEC selection, he helped College Football Hall of Fame head coach Vince Dooley’s 1971 Georgia squad to an 11-1 record and a 7-3 Gator Bowl victory over North Carolina. An Academic All-America and two-time Academic All-SEC selection, Nash compiled a 3.89 GPA in economics. He served as captain of Georgia’s Air Force ROTC program, the chaplain of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and a member of Student Senate. A member of the Dean’s List every quarter, Nash won two Alumni Academic Awards and was an honorary National Merit Scholarship winner. He was also a member of Blue Key, Phi Eta Sigma and Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities.
After earning his J.D. from Georgia, he served on active duty as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. He became a partner in the Athens, Ga., firm of Fortson, Bentley, and Griffin, and in 1983, he accepted a position in senior management with the Savannah based firm of Carswell Insurance Group. While at Carswell, he successfully completed the American Management Association degree in corporate management and attained the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Designation. When Carswell Insurance merged, he resumed the practice of law in Savannah, where he has been actively practicing for the last 25 years.
Nash holds an AV Rating, which is the highest for integrity and professional competence by Martindale-Hubbell, the nationally recognized standard for attorneys and has been recognized by Georgia Super Lawyers in the area of Plaintiff’s personal injury and general litigation. His professional memberships include the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Savannah Bar Association, the Savannah Association of Trial Lawyers and the State Bar of Georgia. His civic activities include past Board Chairmanships of the Savannah Fellowship of Christian Athletes and The Living Vine, as well as numerous other civic and church activities. He is a member of the National Board of Directors of Global Aid Network, a division of Campus Crusade for Christ.
Nash is admitted to practice before the Georgia Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia, the 5th and 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States Tax Court and the United States Supreme Court. He is also certified as a mediator for general civil disputes by the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution.
