T. E. Cauthorn
Cauthorn Nohr & Owen
Judge Tom Cauthorn is the founder of Cauthorn Nohr & Owen, a boutique law firm that provides general civil, probate and criminal legal services. He is an experienced trial lawyer and judge, and has participated in hundreds of jury and non-jury trials in his more than 45 years practicing law.
Judge Cauthorn’s professional experience includes Court America as a principal in mediation, arbitration and case evaluation; Georgia Supreme Court Special Master; Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution as a registered mediator, arbitrator, and case evaluator for general civil and domestic relations matters; and, Cobb County Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution as an approved panelist for court annexed mediation and case evaluation matters.
He served as a judge in the State Court of Cobb County and the Georgia Superior Courts for the Cobb Judicial Circuit. Judge Cauthorn is a former president of the Council of State Court Judges of Georgia and former member of the Judicial Council of Georgia. He is a past member of the Georgia House of Representatives, and during his tenure served on numerous Legislative Committees and Commissions, including the Georgia Commission on Family Violence and the Georgia Child Support Commission.
Judge Cauthorn is a Special Master for the Supreme Court of Georgia for attorney discipline matters and for six years served first as a Member and finally as the Chair of the Georgia Board of Bar Examiners. He currently serves as a Member of the Board of Trustees of the State Bar of Georgia General Practice and Trial Section and is a past Member of the Board of Visitors for the Mercer Law School.
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Education Law
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- DUI & DWI
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Georgia
- 11th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Founder
- Cauthorn Nohr & Owen
- Current
- Judge
- State Court of Cobb County
- Current
- Judge
- Georgia Superior Courts
- Current
- Judge
- Cobb Judicial Circuit
- Current
- Member of the House of Representatives
- Georgia Legislature
- Current
- Tradition of Excellence Award
- State Bar of Georgia General Practice and Trial Section
- General Practice
- Amicus Curiae
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- Recognition of service as a Member and Chair of the State Board of Bar Examiners of Georgia
- Robert H. Cleveland Award of Professionalism
- Cobb County Bar Association
- Presented to Thomas E. Cauthorn as an attorney of Cobb County whose personal and professional life relects the qualities of Bobby Cleveland, a kind and gentle lawyer.
- Resolution of Appreciation
- Board of Human Resources of Georgia
- Gideon's Trumpet Award
- Georgia Indigent Defense Council
- Recent Developments in Mediation, Urgent Leal Matters Institute at Sea, Mediterranean Sea
- Georgia Institute of Continuing Legal Education
- Registration ID 4746-8270-6467-2256 - Arbitration, General Civil Mediation, Domestic Relations Mediation
- Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution
- Georgia Bar Number 117400, to plead and practice in the trial courts of the State of Georgia
- State Bar of Georgia
- Website
- Cauthorn, Nohr & Owen: Marietta Law Firm