Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Represented school district in First Amendment claims arising out of threatening website brought through American Civil Liberties Union.
Summary judgment in favor of school district and administrators in student-athlete’s claims of constitutional procedural and substantive due process brought under Section 1983.
Wasco County Voter Registration Hearings. When Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his followers threatened to take over the government of Wasco County, Tom joined other Miller Nash lawyers in donating their time to take buses to The Dalles, Oregon, to hold voter qualification hearings for registered voters. Our efforts to protect the sanctity of the ballot box received national and international attention.
Citizens’ Rights and Obligations Under Public Accommodation Laws. When citizens of Grant County, Oregon, were concerned that a neo-Nazi group would locate its headquarters in the county, Oregon’s Attorney General asked Tom to lead a Miller Nash team to advise the citizens on their rights and obligations under public accommodation laws.
Researched and contributed to briefing on a class-action challenge to the constitutionality of Executive Order 13769, relating to the immigration and travel ban of individuals from predominantly Muslim countries to the United States. This was a pro-bono matter.
Favorable resolution of a complex $30 million catastrophic injury lawsuit arising from a crane-rollover accident.
Summary judgment dismissal of a $25 million wrongful death action
Successful defense of $23 million traumatic brain injury lawsuit arising from snowboarding accident.
Successful defense of university, head football coach, and athletic trainer in a lawsuit seeking $5 million based on student-athlete’s return to play after concussion during a college football game.