Thom Goolsby

Thomas Goolsby
Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 9th district
In office
January 1, 2011 – August 4, 2014[1]
Preceded byJulia Boseman
Succeeded byMichael Lee
Personal details
Born (1961-09-11) September 11, 1961 (age 63)
Dothan, Alabama
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
SpouseRachael Goolsby
ChildrenFleming, Lilli, and Alabama
Residence(s)Wilmington, North Carolina
Alma materThe Citadel,
Golden Gate University,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
ProfessionLawyer, adjunct professor of law, president of Empowered Investor
Websitethomgoolsby.com

Thomas Cowart Goolsby (born September 11, 1961) is a former Republican North Carolina State Senator representing New Hanover County.

A graduate of The Citadel and regimental commander of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets, Goolsby served as a Marine Corps officer after college. Governor Jim Martin appointed him counsel to the State Crime Commission before he opened his legal practice, the Goolsby Law Firm, in Wilmington. He is a former chairman of the New Hanover County Republican Party and an adjunct professor of law at Campbell University.

Goolsby earned an M.B.A. from Golden Gate University and his J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the president of Empowered Investor Inc. However, the investment adviser registrations of Goolsby, his partner James Upham, and the firm were revoked for at least ten years in 2014. Empowered Investor, Upham and Goolsby also were ordered to cease and desist from engaging in any practice involving securities or financial services business in North Carolina. At that time Goolsby claimed that the business was closed.[2] He lives in Wilmington with his wife Rachael and three children, Fleming, Lilli, and Alabama.[3]

  1. ^ NC General Assembly. Accessed Aug. 6, 2014.
  2. ^ "Goolsby, partner ordered to stop work as investment advisers".
  3. ^ Senator Thom Goolsby: Bio Archived 2012-09-03 at the Wayback Machine