
Tom has more than 25 years' experience representing business clients in complex litigation, including securities, antitrust, intellectual property, consumer finance, business fraud and other commercial cases. Tom has been lead defense counsel in numerous jury trials. He has spearheaded the defense of more than 75 class actions in courts throughout the United States and is familiar with all aspects of class action practice. Tom has been defense counsel in three jury trials of certified class actions that went to verdict; two resulted in defense verdicts, and the plaintiffs' verdict in the third case was reversed on appeal. Tom also has extensive experience in coordinating the defense of multiple cases pending simultaneously in different courts, and the defense of parallel civil and criminal matters.
Credentials
Awards & Recognition
- Selected through peer review for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© for Antitrust Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, and Commercial Litigation, 2007-2021. He also received the Best Lawyers™ 2013 Bet-the-Company Litigation and 2016 Antitrust Law "Lawyer of the Year" awards in Pittsburgh.
- Listed in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers for many years in the practice area of Class Action/Mass Torts.