Tom is an attorney who practices business litigation and provides general counsel.
Tom’s litigation practice involves a wide range of disputes in a variety of industries. Tom maintains an active docket aggressively pursuing and defending claims in many areas (including business disputes, torts, contracts, business divorces, real estate disputes, oil and gas disputes, inter-family disputes as well as trusts and estates) in arbitrations as well as state and federal courts. Tom has appeared in courts throughout Texas and beyond, including appearing pro hac vice in the trial courts of California, Colorado, New York and Idaho.
Tom also provides general counsel to businesses, families, and individuals who do not want to employ an attorney on a full-time basis. Tom renders trusted legal advice on a wide range of legal matters and coordinates the rendition of legal services in numerous fields to achieve clients’ goals with minimal disruption to their daily routine. Tom coordinates and regularly manages teams of lawyers handling corporate transactions, entity formation matters, general corporate matters, real estate transactions, contract negotiations, private equity investments, oil and gas negotiations, entertainment law matters, estate planning matters as well as in and out-of-state litigation among many others.
Before joining Hallett & Perrin in January 2010, Tom was an attorney at a business litigation boutique and then left to form Thomas & Dees. There, Tom provided legal representation in litigation and transactional matters for successful Texas families and businesses. Tom and a law partner sub-let office space from a high-net-worth family in The Crescent where they were embedded in an active family office. For almost 10 years, they were boots-on-the-ground lawyers to family members and staff in a busy family office. They directly handled (and/or oversaw teams of specialty lawyers with) numerous matters involving litigation, arbitration, disputes, investments, transactional matters, and family matters while also representing other clients primarily in litigation. Through this unique experience, they learned first-hand how family offices operate and how to work effectively with family members and family office staff. Today, Tom also regularly works with other family offices handling litigation matters and overseeing transactional matters much like an outside general counsel.
