Meet Thomas
Tom has tried many cases for our firm, including several multimillion-dollar verdicts. Most recently, he won a 35-million-dollar verdict against Johnson & Johnson/ Ethicon when they failed to warn patients and physicians concerning a negligently designed transvaginal mesh device. The verdict was included in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.
After graduating from Notre Dame Law School with distinction, Tom worked for the Federal Trade Commission as an antitrust litigation attorney, then as a trial attorney with the U.S. Justice Department, Tax Division, and before joining our firm in 1993, he prosecuted white-collar fraud cases as an Assistant United States Attorney. His last case with the United States Attorney’s Office was even the basis for an episode on Law & Order (Season 3, episode 4): where previously used heart pacemakers were re-sold as new. Tom has also taught trial advocacy to law students at various law schools since 1989, including Notre Dame, and has been a faculty member of the National Institute For Trial Advocacy. He is a Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a select national association of experienced trial attorneys. Tom is admitted to the state bars of Alabama, Illinois, and Indiana.
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$11.55 million dollar settlement for a trucking accident.
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$8 million dollar settlement for a truck driver severely burned when his cab caught on fire.
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$7.125 million dollar settlement for a Union Laborer who suffered a concussion/brain injury when his vehicle was struck by a truck.
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$6.75 million dollar settlement for a medical malpractice case involving an anesthesia error resulting in brain damage to a 43-year-old woman.
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$5 million dollar settlement after six days into trial where a 7-year-old was struck and killed while she and her mother were crossing against the light.
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$4.74 million dollar verdict for a homeowner injured when he struck a high voltage power line that was improperly marked.
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$4.1 million dollar settlement for a medical negligence case involving the wrongful death of a 2-year-old.
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$3.6 million dollar settlement for a client that suffered a stretched nerve in an auto accident.
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$2.25 million dollar settlement for a Union Laborer who suffered a minor back injury and PTSD stemming from a job site injury.
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$2 million dollar settlement for a medical malpractice case involving the wrongful death of an already terminally ill adult with a shortened life expectancy.
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$2 million dollar settlement for a Union Carpenter injured when a portion of a pan deck roof collapsed on him. He returned to work as Carpenter at the time of the settlement.
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$1.8 million dollar trial award for a client injured in an auto accident, requiring two back surgeries.
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$1.8 million dollar settlement for a Union Laborer who had several broken bones in his lower extremities after a pavement roller partially backed into him.
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$1.5 million dollars for an adult passenger injured in an auto accident.
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