Tom is a partner and member of the firm's Eastern Commercial Litigation Group. He was the Practice Group Leader of the 40 attorney Commercial Litigation Group for the firm’s Philadelphia and Wilmington offices from 2001-2008. He joined Reed Smith in 1985 after a successful seven year career as a prosecutor. Tom is a member of the firm’s Trial Council in recognition of his significant trial experience in both the federal and state courts.
Tom focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation medicine class actions. He has represented clients in litigation involving antitrust, contract disputes, deceptive trade practices, trademark, trade secrets, restrictive covenant, construction disputes and professional negligence issues. Tom has extensive experience in trial, arbitration, and mediation.
Tom has lectured at continuing legal education programs sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute on civil practice and procedure. He is a certified arbitrator for the United States District Court for the Eastern District. He is a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association, where he served as a member of the Investigative Division of the Commission on Judicial Retention and Selection.
Prior to joining Reed Smith, he was appointed to the position of Assistant District Attorney for the City of Philadelphia. He served in the Appellate, Investigation and Trial Divisions of that office. Tom frequently appeared for oral argument before the Pennsylvania Supreme and Superior Courts. As a trial lawyer, he successfully tried hundreds of criminal prosecutions, including obtaining convictions in all 22 of his jury trials.
Tom is a 1978 graduate of the Villanova University School of Law where he was a member of the Law Review and graduated in the top 10 percent of his class. He graduated magna cum laude from Villanova University in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.
Tom is admitted to practice before the Bars of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the District of Arizona and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
