Tom earned a BA in political science from Iowa in 1984 and a law degree from Columbia University in 1987. After law school, he spent 18 years with Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, where he was a partner. In 2005 he joined the Chicago office of the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, as a shareholder in the litigation practice. He has significant experience in complex commercial litigation, post-acquisition disputes, mass tort and toxic tort litigation, product liability claims and class action discrimination suits. Tom is also on faculty at the University of Chicago Law School, where he has lectured on trial advocacy.