Thomas Woodrow Thrash Jr. (born May 8, 1951) is a Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Thomas W. Thrash Jr.
Georgia Northern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Born 1951 in Birmingham, AL
FJC ID: 2748
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 10/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 38/year
Georgia Northern District Court · 1997–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia1976–1977, 1981–1997
Law professor · 1986–1997- Fulton County, GeorgiaAssistant district attorney · 1977–1980
Appointments
1997–2021 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1976- University of VirginiaB.A. · 1973