• Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans, LA - J.D. , May 1979 (Honors: Case Note Book Review Editor, Loyola Law Review)
• Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT B.A., in History, May 1976 (Magna Cum Laude)

Admitted to Federal District Court, United States Supreme Court and Connecticut State Courts

A native of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Tom moved to the metropolitan Hartford area after graduating with honors from Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans.

Since 1999 Tom has been a full time mediator, arbitrator and ADR consultant. Tom's practice as a civil litigator encompassed the areas of personal injury, product liability, real estate, municipal, commercial, probate, workers' compensation, and constitutional law. Additionally, as a mediator and arbitrator, Tom has also heard and been involved in matters of commercial construction, architectural practice, employment law, labor issues and condominium disputes.

Tom received mediation training from the Manville Mediation Training Project while participating in asbestos litigation. Tom has also had great success in the settlement of complex, multi-party mediations, where disputed questions of fact and law are of prime importance. Many of the cases Tom has mediated have settled in the six and seven figure range. While in private practice,

Tom's reputation, intelligence, skill and integrity led to him being selected regularly by his peers as a "mutually acceptable" hearing officer. Since entering the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution full time, his reputation has spread and he is now known throughout Connecticut.

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