Thomas S. Hixson’s experience covers a range of commercial litigation matters, including antitrust and consumer class actions as well as intellectual property and technology disputes, and appellate litigation in federal and state courts. He regularly defends cases brought under California’s principal consumer protection laws, Business and Professions Codes §§ 17200 and 17500, and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act. He also provides counseling for clients concerning antitrust and unfair competition laws and regulation by state and federal agencies.

Tom is a past chair of the California State Bar’s Antitrust and Unfair Competition Section. He has spoken and written articles on class action procedure, Business and Professions Code § 17200, the California Cartwright Act, and the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act. In 2011 and 2012, he was named a Northern California Super Lawyer in antitrust litigation.

Tom received his law degree magna cum laude in 1997 from Harvard Law School, where he was an officer on the Harvard Law Review. He received his A.B. magna cum laude from Harvard in 1994. Prior to joining the firm, Tom clerked for the Hon. A. Wallace Tashima of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.