About Norman Staples
Norman Staples Wood trained first as a business student and then as a lawyer. He earned a B.S. in Business Administration from Birmingham-Southern College in 2002, completed his Juris Doctor at Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 2006, and later returned to graduate study with an MBA from Augusta State University in 2010. He also completed an advanced Judge Advocate Officer course at the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School in 2013, a program that emphasizes military law and leadership.
Those academic turns set the pattern for a career that moves between commercial and military legal environments. His degrees in business and law give him a double perspective on disputes that involve corporate structure, contracts and regulatory questions. The later military legal training adds familiarity with courts-martial procedures, military discipline rules and the specialized statutes that apply to service members.
Wood holds active memberships in four state bars: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina. That geographic spread reflects a practice that operates across state lines and handles matters that can require coordination among multiple jurisdictions. He has maintained a general practice profile that includes business-related matters as well as litigation and advisory work for clients who need practical legal solutions tied to commercial realities.
Colleagues describe his approach as methodical. He tends to parse statutory language, isolate the governing facts and build strategies that keep options open. He has experience drafting transactional documents, responding to regulatory inquiries and representing clients in contested proceedings. The combination of an MBA and a law degree often informs how he frames legal risk in business terms.
The Judge Advocate Officer advanced course is a notable element of his résumé. That training is common for attorneys who serve as judge advocates or who represent military personnel. It also provides a foundation for advising civilian clients on matters that intersect with the military justice system, including administrative processes and regulatory compliance tied to defense-related work.
Wood practices at Long and Long. His current work blends commercial law, civil litigation and military-related legal matters. He continues to serve clients who need legal help across state lines and in contexts that marry business concerns with specialized military rules.
