Professional Experience:

Tom has successfully handled multimillion dollar personal injury and wrongful death claims. He has mediated over 150 cases, served as an arbitrator, judicial commissioner, condemnation commissioner, hearing officer, special investigator for a school district, and as a court-designated family mediator in Parenting Plans.

Tom has mediated a wide range of disputes including a class action, twenty-five million dollar insurance dispute. Tom is licensed to practice in Missouri and Illinois and before the U.S. Supreme Court. Tom has tried and/or appeared before all levels of trial courts in Missouri and Illinois, and federal district courts in Missouri and California. He has briefed and argued before the Supreme Court of Missouri and Eastern District Court of Appeals.

Professional Affiliations:

• The Missouri Bar Member
• The Missouri Bar, 2002 Vice President
• The Missouri Bar, 1992 - 2008 Board of Governors
• The Missouri Bar, 1996 - 1997 Executive Committee
• The Missouri Bar, 1997 - 2002 Chairman, Finance Committee
• The Missouri Bar, 1995 - 2008 Board Liaison to Professionalism Committee
• The Missouri Bar Young Lawyers' Section Council
• The Missouri Bar Foundation Member
• St. Louis County Bar Association Board Member and Treasurer, Past President
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Long-Range Planning Committee
• St. Louis County Fire District Attorneys' Association
• The Lawyers Association
• Illinois State Bar Association
• St. Thomas Moore Society
• Collaborative Family Law Association
• St. John Vianney High School Director, Alumni Association

Education:

• Saint Louis University School of Law J.D.
St. Louis, Missouri (1971)

• St. Mary's University School of Law
San Antonio, Texas (1968-1969)

• St. Mary's University, Bachelor, Business Administration
San Antonio, Texas (1968)

Licensure:

• Missouri, 1971
• Illinois, 1971
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1979
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 1971
• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1971

Honors:

• Lon O. Hocker Memorial Trial Lawyer Award, Missouri Bar Foundation, 1979
• President's Award of Merit, The Missouri Bar, 2002
• Distinguished Service Award, St. Louis County Bar Association, 1998
• Equal Justice Award, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri Volunteer Lawyers Program, 1994
• President's Award, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, 1991
• Outstanding Leadership Service Award, St. Louis University School of Law, 1991
• Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, St. Louis County Bar Association, 1979
• Outstanding Youth Assistance Project in Nation, Jaycees
• Marianist Award, St. John Vianney High School, 2003
• Hall of Fame, St. John Vianney High School, 1999
• Griffin of the Year, St. John Vianney High School, 1964

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