Tom advises public and private companies, their executives, and other institutions in a range of congressional investigations and white collar defense matters, including some of the most consequential congressional inquiries of the past 15 years. He is among a limited group of lawyers with experience representing private sector clients in litigation arising out of congressional oversight, and he routinely advises clients across numerous industries facing complex government investigations and related criminal, civil and regulatory proceedings.

Tom’s practice encompasses all aspects of congressional investigations and other government inquiries, from preparing senior executives for testimony garnering international media attention, to providing counsel on investigations out of the public eye, including extensive document and information discovery, the defense of interviews and testimony taken by regulators and congressional committee staff, the drafting of congressional testimony, and the coordination of related public messaging.

Tom draws on his experience representing clients facing complex and high-profile government oversight to assist companies and individuals in all manner of other sensitive criminal investigations, civil litigation and critical negotiations. This includes leading parallel internal investigations, advising on compliance matters, and defending clients in inquiries led by the Department of Justice, federal and state financial regulators, inspectors general and state attorneys general.

Recognized for his notable work on behalf of clients facing high-profile government investigations, Tom was named a White Collar Rising Star by Law360 and has also received recognition in The Legal 500.  He has served since 2016 as an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School, where he teaches a seminar on congressional oversight and investigations, and has taught a course on the same subject at Georgetown University Law Center.

Before joining Akin as an associate, Tom served for several years as a policy consultant and a public policy specialist in Akin’s lobbying & public policy group, focusing on congressional investigations. In this capacity, he provided strategic research, analysis, and media visibility for clients in numerous congressional investigations and other federal and state inquiries, including a prominent major league baseball team in connection with investigations into stadium financing and multiple clients in investigations related to the 2008 financial crisis.

Tom received his J.D. cum laude from William & Mary Law School, where he was a member of the William & Mary Law Review.