Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Updates privacy and security policies and counsels plan sponsors about complying with individual rights.
Represented privately held Widmer Brothers Brewing Company in a merger with Redhook Ale Brewery, Incorporated, in which Widmer shareholders received SEC-registered stock valued at $50 million.
HTK Management v. Seattle Monorail, 155 Wn.2d 612 (2005) (Eminent domain—public use and necessity)
Represented 70 investors who collectively lost nearly $100 million in the Aequitas Ponzi scheme. Obtained favorable settlements with third-party professionals in state court litigation and private arbitration, resulting in a gross recovery exceeding clients’ investment losses.
Counseled manufacturers of COVID-19 countermeasures on compliance with rapidly changing federal, state, and local regulations.
Reviewed and analyzed employee positions to determine exemption status with regard to overtime regulations provided in the Federal Labor Standards Act.
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.
Representation of foreign investor in acquiring control of U.S. transportation company in compliance with Jones Act U.S. citizenship requirements.
Prepares Form 5500-series returns for filing and reviews Form 5500 returns prepared by service providers for welfare and retirement plans.