Terry joined Reed Smith as part of the firm's combination with Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May in 2003, where he had been a partner since 1992 and active with its Recruiting and Finance Committees. He has been a member of Reed Smith's Diversity Committee since 2005 where he is engaged in assisting in the firm's implementation of policies and practices designed to enhance internal diversity and inclusiveness and a member of Reed Smith’s Los Angeles Office Recruiting Committee since 2016, engaged in selecting and developing its new attorneys.
Terry is a member of the Complex Litigation Group with extensive litigation management and first chair trial experience, whose practice has a special emphasis on representing corporations, officers and management-level employees in all types of significant contract, financial service, employment and tort disputes. He has tried matters in California Superior Court, Federal District Court, Bankruptcy Court and the U.S. Tax Court on a variety of business, real estate, employment, entertainment and financial issues. He has been lead/first chair trial counsel in litigation matters for, among others, individual property owners, Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, IKON Office Solutions, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Post Modern Edit, LLC, W.P. Carey, Spirit Realty, Bank of America, M&T Bank, numerous corporate officers and several dozen premier national level law firms, as well as lead counsel in class action matters for Southern California Edison Company, Talent Partners and The U.D. Registry.
Terry is a frequent speaker on litigation and trial related topics. He currently serves and has served since 1992 as a Special Master for the State Bar, formerly served as a Judge Pro Tem from 1991 to 2007 and formerly served as an arbitrator for the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He is currently serving his third term as a member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles.
