Thomas G. Wilkinson, Jr. is a member of the firm and resident in the Philadelphia office. He is a member of the firm's Commercial Litigation Group and heads the firm’s alternative dispute resolution practice. He concentrates his practice in business litigation, business torts, complex insurance coverage and professional responsibility matters. He also has substantial experience in appellate litigation and in advising lawyers and law firms on risk management and professional liability matters.

Tom is a frequent lecturer and author on civil litigation and professional responsibility topics. He is the co-editor of the Pennsylvania Ethics Handbook, a comprehensive review of the rules of conduct governing lawyers, with extensive citations to case decisions and ethics opinions addressing all aspects of lawyer-client relationships. Tom has testified as an expert witness in state and federal proceedings concerning lawyer professional liability, standard of care and professional responsibility matters.

Tom is the past president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and a past president of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. He is a master of the Villanova Law J. Willard O'Brien American Inn of Court and a lecturer in law at Villanova University School of Law. He is a member of the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates and co-chair of the conflicts of interest subcommittee for the Section of Litigation's Ethics and Professionalism Committee. He is an appointed member of the ABA Task Force on International Trade in Legal Services. Tom has also served on the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Board of Governors and as co-chair of its State Civil Litigation Section.

He earned his Bachelor of Arts at the University of New Hampshire in 1978 and his law degree at Villanova University Law School in 1981, where he was managing editor of the Villanova Law Review.