Hoyt Samples

Hoyt Samples is a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and practiced law for 43.5 years. He was the founding and senior member of the law firm of Samples Jennings, PLLC. Hoyt has been teaching the Bible for over 50 years and is a member of Ridgedale Baptist Church, where he teaches a Sunday School class of 100. He has been a deacon for almost 50 years and is a commissioned Colson Fellow.

He graduated from Chattanooga High School as valedictorian and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a B.S. in business administration and was the only business major to graduate with departmental honors. He then graduated from the University of Cincinnati Law School with high honors and was a member of the Law Review. He has been active in the Christian Law Society, served as a board member of the National Memorial for the Unborn, and served as a board member of WDYN, Inc. He has served as counsel for many Churches and religious non-profit organizations.

He is married to Mitzi Samples, also a retired attorney and Colson Fellow, and they have two wonderful children, Lochlin Samples and Kelsey Googe, and three incredible grandchildren: Isla Samples, Barrett Samples, and Walker Googe.

His life verse is John 16:33: “In this world, you shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer for I have overcome the world.”