PERSON: Rob Woodall

Attorney

William Robert Woodall III (born February 11, 1970) is an American attorney and politician who was the U.S. representative for Georgia’s 7th congressional district from 2011 to 2021. The district included most of Gwinnett County, a suburban county northeast of Atlanta. A Republican, Woodall prior to being elected to Congress, worked for his predecessor, John Linder from 1994 to 2010, eventually becoming Linder’s chief of staff. Woodall announced in February 2019 that he would not seek reelection to a sixth term in Congress.

Woodall was born in Athens, Georgia. He attended both public and private grade schools, graduating from Marist School in 1988. He received a B.A. from Furman University followed by law school at the University of Georgia School of Law. While attending law school, he spent summers working in a Washington, D.C. law firm. He left law school after the summer of 1994 to work for his hometown U.S. Representative, John Linder, where he began working as a legislative correspondent and eventually served as Linder’s chief of staff in 2000. Woodall received his J.D. degree from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1998. Woodall is a member of the Methodist Church.

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