Tom Barry 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.

Kirkbride law is particularly focused and a proven track record in areas related to: wrongful termination of public safety employees, use-of-force incidents, and officer involved shootings (OIS. Tom has been described as a “Chief’s lawyer”. This includes successful representation for officers in P.O.S.T. administrative hearings.

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.

Experienced public safety executive with a demonstrated history of success while working as a public safety administrator at the state, local, and federal level.

Graduate professor of public administration (Columbus State University, Columbus Georgia) practitioner, administrator, and lecturer in: government policy development and implementation; law enforcement operations; major-case investigations; intelligence collection analysis, and application; physical security of high-risk facilities; aviation security; tactical operations, critical response and incident management, with emphasis on preparedness, mitigation, and recovery; improvised explosive device (IED) mitigation, response, and IED threats related to asymmetrical warfare; operating in non-permissive environments; terrorism response planning; public safety and private sector internal investigations and fact-finding involving policy violations, discrimination, workplace violence, sexual harassment, hiring, negligent retention / supervision, wrongful termination retaliation and hostile work environments.

Strong military and protective services professional Jurist Doctorate (J.D.) Atlanta's John Marshall Law School, former military special operations support member and EOD technician.