Tom is a trial lawyer with experience in business litigation, particularly in cases involving construction law, employment law, intellectual property, general commercial law and international law. Tom heads both the General Counsel Practice and the Construction Law Practice of LeClairRyan. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, an honor bestowed on the top 1% of lawyers as a result of peer surveys, and has been recognized repeatedly by Virginia Business magazine as one of Virginia’s “Legal Elite” and Law and Politics magazine as a Virginia “Super Lawyer” for both civil litigation and construction law.
Tom acts as general counsel to a number of companies. He is former President of the International Alliance of Law Firms (www.ialawfirms.com), a network of business-oriented law firms from around the world. Tom is fluent in French and has a working knowledge of Spanish and Italian. He is active in a number of construction-related industry groups.
Tom is a frequent lecturer on construction law, litigation, employment law and international law both in the U.S. and abroad. He is a member of the American Bar Association (Litigation Section, International Law Section and Forum Committee on the Construction Industry). He has served the Virginia State Bar as Chair of both the International Practice Section and the Construction Law and Public Contracts Section.