Michael T. Sumner
Associate
Location:
Atlanta, Georgia
Phone:
404-874-1700
888-874-2002 (Toll Free)
888-874-2002 (Toll Free)
Fax:
404-874-1787
E-mail:
Michael T. Sumner is an associate practicing in general civil litigation, focusing primarily on medical malpractice defense and health care law. Originally from Atlanta, Mr. Sumner received his B.A., magna cum laude, in History from Wake Forest University in 1999, and received his J.D. and Master in Public Health degrees from Emory University in 2005. While at Wake Forest, Mr. Sumner completed a pre-medical science curriculum and took part in a "Comparative Health Policy and Law" Study Abroad program through Syracuse University's School of Law, where he studied at the World Health Organization, among other places.
Areas of Practice
- General civil litigation
- Medical malpractice defense
- Health care law
Bar Admissions
- Georgia, 2005
Education
- Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia
- J.D. - 2005
- Major: Master in Public Health
- Wake Forest University
- B.A., (Magna Cum Laude) - 1999
Classes/Seminars
- Syracuse University Study Abroad, "Comparative Health Policy and Law" Program, 1999
Professional Associations and Memberships
- State Bar of Georgia, Member
- Lamar Inn of Court, Member
Past Employment Positions
- American Cancer Society, Summer Associate, Office of Corporation Counsel
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Legal Intern, Office of General Counsel, 2003 - Present
- North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Emergency Room Assistant, 1999 - Present
