Tom focuses his practice in resolving client disputes in complex commercial matters. He represents clients in corporate governance, contract disputes, deceptive trade practices, trademark, trade dress, trade secret, franchise, dealership, restrictive covenant, construction and professional negligence matters. Tom has extensive experience in jury and bench trials, arbitrations, mediations, and internal investigations. He represents businesses in the gas, oil, chemical, insurance, pharmaceutical, consumer products/services, construction, and real estate markets. Tom has led trial, arbitration and mediation teams in achieving excellent results. Tom represents both plaintiffs and defendants in commercial disputes with a focus on the efficient delivery of legal services.

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 of Pennsylvania. Tom served as a member of the Investigative Division of the Commission on Judicial Retention and Selection of the Philadelphia Bar Association.

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, and obtained convictions in all 24 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 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.