Sam Mikell is an associate with wide-ranging experience litigating civil cases throughout the State of Georgia. Sam has significant experience litigating serious personal injury and other complex civil cases.
In his first trial, he and co-counsel won a $6.4 million verdict for the family members of a shooting victim, the largest verdict in the history of Brantley County, Georgia. Sam also beat summary judgment in a wide array of civil cases, including dram shop, premises liability, and product warranty cases. Previously, Sam handled business disputes and the defense of civil suits against local governments.
A Savannah native and the son of the late Judge Charlie Mikell, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of Georgia, Sam earned a Bachelor of Arts in Politics, cum laude, from Princeton University. He studied abroad in Beijing, China, and became fluent in Mandarin Chinese. Sam earned his Juris Doctor at the University of Georgia School of Law, where he served on the Georgia Law Review and was named president of the UGA student chapter of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. While in law school, he clerked for Georgia Court of Appeals Presiding Judge John J. Ellington and worked as a Research Assistant to Georgia’s premier evidence law scholar, Professor Ronald Carlson.
A member of the State Bar of Georgia, Sam is the President of the Savannah Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division and holds a seat on the Board of Directors of the Jenkins Athletic Club. He is a member of Christ Church Episcopal, where he serves as a lay eucharistic minister.
