Tom's practice focuses primarily on complex commercial and business litigation. His experience includes work for clients in multiple industries, including banking and financial services, accounting, information and technology consulting, utilities, telecommunications, Internet service providers, chemicals and synthetics manufacturing, and agriculture. He has served in lead and key supporting roles in a wide variety of cases in state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate level, including contract disputes, shareholder derivative actions, trade secret litigation, corporate governance matters, borrower/lender and guarantor litigation, deceptive business practice claims, commercial tort claims and environmental litigation.

Tom also works with the firm's Government, Regulatory and Criminal Investigations Department, helping to represent and advise businesses and individuals facing inquiries, investigations and enforcement actions by state and federal government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice. He has worked on civil and criminal matters involving allegations of export control violations, RICO violations, securities and accounting fraud, and federal program fraud. His experience includes assisting with internal investigations, coordinating and preparing responses to government subpoenas and information requests, and participating in negotiations of deferred prosecution agreements.

Before joining McGuireWoods, Tom served for two years as a law clerk for Judge Patrick Michael Duffy of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.