Tom acted as antitrust counsel on behalf of a Butte, Montana radiologist in a lawsuit against a hospital that had excluded him from practicing there, leading to a recent $4 million dollar settlement in advance of trial. Cole v. St. James Healthcare Sys., No. DV-07-44 (Mont. 2d Jud. Dist. Ct. 2010).

Tom served as antitrust and co-lead counsel on behalf of a St. Joseph, Missouri heart surgeon in a lawsuit against a hospital that had excluded him from practicing there, leading to a $1 million settlement on the first day of trial. Clinch v. Heartland Reg'l. Med. Ctr., 03CV72021 (Buchanan Cty. Cir. Ct. 2006).

Tom successfully defended a small high-technology company against a would-be class action on behalf of millions of drivers' license holders seeking upwards of potentially billions of dollars in penalties and damages. Miller v. Image Data, LLC, 91 Fed.Appx. 122, 2004 WL 326998 (10th Cir. 2004).

Tom represented a Colorado Springs, Colorado heart surgeon in a civil rights suit against a hospital that had excluded him from practicing there, obtaining a $5 million settlement in advance of trial. Morris v. Colo. Spgs. Mem'l Hosp., 99-MK-989 (D. Colo. 2003).

Tom served as antitrust and local counsel for the national plaintiffs' class in an antitrust action against a manufacturer of wide-format commercial ink-jet printers and cartridges, resulting in a class recovery valued in the millions of dollars. Colour Editions, Inc., d/b/a King Kolor v. Encad, Inc., 98-D-2490 (D. Colo. 2000).

Tom represented a small medical products company that had been excluded by the two dominant firms from competing in the national marketplace for certain handheld surgical devices, obtaining a $4.5 million antitrust settlement in advance of trial. BEAL Corp. Liquidating Trust v. Valleylab Inc., 927 F. Supp. 1350 (D. Colo. 1996).

Tom represented a La Junta, Colorado, radiologist in an antitrust suit against a hospital that had excluded him from practicing there, obtaining reinstatement and a $250,000 settlement in advance of trial. Johnson v. Arkansas Valley Reg'l Med. Ctr., 93--____ (D. Colo. 1994).

Tom served as co-lead class counsel in a national securities fraud class action stemming from a defaulted Colorado special district bond issue, resulting in the recovery of $7.3 million on behalf bondholders nationwide. Abrams v. Southeastern Municipal Bonds, Inc., [1991 Transfer Binder] Fed. Sec. L. Rep. (CCH) ¶96,055 (D. Colo. 1991), [1990-91 Transfer Binder] Fed. Sec. L. Rep. (CCH) ¶95,757 (D. Colo. 1990).

As Chief of the Colorado Attorney General's Antitrust Unit, Tom served as lead counsel for the State of Colorado in a national antitrust class action against insurors, ultimately resulting in a multi-million dollar recovery. In re Ins. Antitrust Litig., 723 F. Supp. 464 (N.D. Calif. 1989), rev'd, 938 F.2d 919 (9th Cir. 1991), aff'd in part, rev'd in part sub nom. Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. California, 113 S. Ct. 2891 (1993).

While Chief of the Colorado Attorney General's Antitrust Unit, Tom represented the State of Colorado in an antitrust suit against a national highway contractor, obtaining a $1.575 million settlement in advance of trial. Colorado v. Peter Kiewit Sons. Co., 84-Z-1225 (D. Colo. 1987).

While Chief of the Colorado Antitrust Unit, Tom successfully represented the State of Colorado and 22 other amici states before the U.S. Supreme Court in a landmark antitrust case pertaining to state action immunity. Community Commc'ns Co. v. City of Boulder, 455 U.S. 40 (1981).