Education
- University of Georgia School of Law, J.D., Cum Laude
- Vanderbilt University, B.A., Cum Laude
Admissions
- Georgia Supreme Court
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- All Georgia State and Superior Courts
Memberships
- State Bar of Georgia
Sam is a partner in our Buckhead office. He prosecutes and defends insurance coverage and bad faith disputes involving first- and third-party auto, property and liability policies; homeowners, landlords and renters policies; commercial general liability policies; customized business liability policies, and excess and umbrella policies. He has routinely and successfully obtained summary judgment for both insurers and insureds in declaratory judgment actions in Georgia Superior and Federal Courts. Sam’s practice also includes defending individual and corporate entities in personal injury matters ranging from car wrecks to premises liability, in all phases of litigation.
Sam is a member of the Defense Research Institute (DRI) and has been published in the Insurance Law Committee’s newsletter, “Covered Events.” He graduated cum laude from Vanderbilt University in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and psychology. He obtained his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2012, where he was a member of the Moot Court team, brief writer for the Mock Trial team, member of the Order of the Barristers, and recipient of the Outstanding Performance in Legal Profession award. As a member of UGA Law’s advocacy program, Sam won Best Oralist at the Talmedge Moot Court Competition, Best Brief and Best Team at the Georgia Intrastate competition, and Best Brief at the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge.
Summary Judgment - Jeff Starr and Sam Sabulis obtained summary judgment in Jackson County Superior Court on behalf of an insured HVAC company in a declaratory action as to an insurer’s duty to defend and indemnify the insured against claims arising out of an admitted liability motor vehicle accident resulting in surgical injuries to the underlying plaintiff. The insurer sought to deny coverage under a $1 million commercial auto policy, alleging the insured’s driver was not within the course and scope of his employment at the time of the underlying accident, but the court found that coverage applied as a matter of law. An appeal was withdrawn after the insurer settled the underlying tort action within the insured’s policy limits.
Education
- University of Georgia School of Law, J.D., Cum Laude
- Vanderbilt University, B.A., Cum Laude
Admissions
- Georgia Supreme Court
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- All Georgia State and Superior Courts
Memberships
- State Bar of Georgia
