REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE Tom’s recent representative experience includes:
- Representing national law firms and Big Four accounting firms in professional liability litigation across the United States.
- Representing property and casualty, life, and health insurers in class action and extra-contractual litigation in state and federal courts.
- Representing automobile manufacturers and other franchisors nationwide in state and federal court litigation, state administrative proceedings, and arbitrations.
- Serving as lead counsel in state and federal court litigation throughout the United States.
- Serving as lead counsel in successful appeals in the Second, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and the Supreme Courts of Georgia, Louisiana and Arkansas.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS
- Recognized by Chambers USA: Guide to Leading Business Lawyers in the area of litigation: general commercial (2010)
- Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® (2008, 2009)
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the area of legal malpractice law (2010)
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Member, Litigation Section, Torts Trial and Insurance Practice Section and Forum on Franchising, American Bar Association
- Member, International Association of Defense Counsel
- Member, D.R.I. Professional Liability Steering Committee
- Member, Atlanta Bar Association
- Member, Executive Board, Boy Scouts of America Atlanta Area Council
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Co-author, “Supreme Court 2009-2010 Professional Liability Cases,” Professional Liability, ABA Litigation Committee Annual Review (April 2010)
- Co-author, “Evidence” volume, Georgia Jurisprudence treatise