Tom has been in the active private practice of law for 32 years.

He was admitted to the Bar of the State of New Jersey and to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on December 15, 1983, and to the United States Court of Appeals for The Third Circuit on July 3, 1995. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey in 1980 with a major in Political Science, and minors in Accounting and Legal History. He obtained his Juris Doctorate degree from Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark, New Jersey in 1983.

Throughout his 32 years in private practice Tom has been an accomplished commercial litigator and trial lawyer in the New Jersey State and Federal Court systems (and in other states via pro hac vice admissions). He has extensive litigation and transactional experience in real estate development, design, building and construction projects (residential, commercial, industrial, resort, and redevelopment). He has represented owners, banks, builder/developers, redevelopers, Fortune 500 companies, utilities, utility contractors, design professionals (architects and engineers), physicians and physician groups, accountants, lawyers, entertainers and entertainment companies in business formations and corporate counseling; financing, lender liability litigation; individual and corporate contracting; commercial transactions and contract disputes; product liability claims and litigation; trade name, trademark, service mark and copyright infringement litigation; condemnation counseling and litigation; residential, commercial, industrial, redevelopment and resort development; construction contracting, development of design professional and consultant agreements, contract documents, project delivery documents, and construction phase contract administration and counseling in a variety of building and construction applications; construction defect litigation; insurance coverage litigation; land use, zoning/planning and redevelopment law and related litigation; general aviation and related land use issues; fidelity and surety bond claims; all types of related corporate, partnership and business litigation, trials (jury and non-jury), appeals and appellate advocacy, arbitrations, mediations and alternate dispute resolution.