Sperling & Slater

Thomas D. Brooks, a partner in the firm, is an experienced advocate with a background in civil litigation, arbitration, government investigations, and contested regulatory proceedings. He has expertise in complex matters involving issues of contract, fraud, securities, patent infringement, consumer, antitrust, bankruptcy, class action and other law, and regarding the commercial vehicle, insurance, pharmaceutical, credit reporting, energy, electronics and other industries. Mr. Brooks has practiced at both the trial and appellate level in federal and state fora nationwide, and in both domestic and international arbitrations. In addition to his litigation and arbitration work for both plaintiffs and defendants, Mr. Brooks has counseled clients regarding corporate restructuring, intellectual property, regulatory, white collar, and other issues; and written on issues of First Amendment and defamation law.

Mr. Brooks, a 1995 graduate of Northwestern University School of Law (cum laude) and a 1988 graduate of Yale University, was an associate with Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue before joining Sperling & Slater in 2000.

Representative cases:
Robertson-Ceco Corp. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co., 292 F.Supp. 2d 1082 (N.D. Ill. 2003) (Arbitral Award that D&O insurer breached obligations by failing to provide coverage for "bump-up" settlement of shareholder actions; award confirmed by District Court); Hyundai Motor Co. v. Bering Truck Distribution, LLC (UNCITRAL Arbitration, Toronto, Canada, 2003) (counsel for U.S. commercial vehicle distributor found, in international arbitration, to have been terminated in bad faith); Syndia Corp. v. Lemelson Foundation, 165 F.Supp. 2d 728 (N.D.Ill. 2001) (member of team that obtained summary judgment dismissing all claims against Foundation with more than $1 billion in patent license revenues against allegations of fraud, breach of fiduciary duties, and breach of contract); Abbott Laboratories v. Torpharm, Inc., 156 F.Supp. 2d 738 (N.D.Ill. 2001) (coordinated discovery and other pretrial matters for patentee that obtained summary judgment of patent infringement); Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. v. Illinois Commerce Commission, 704 N.E.2d 387 (Ill. 1998) (regulatory approval, in contested proceeding, of modification to public utility's multimillion-dollar coal supply contract, affirmed by the Illinois Supreme Court); In re Union Electric Co., 81 FERC 61,011 (1997), and In re Central Illinois Public Service Co., 180 PUR4th 185 (1997) (member of team that obtained mulit-jurisdictional regulatory approval, in adversary proceedings, of merger and restructuring of two public utilities).

Thomas D. Brooks
312-641-3200
tdbrooks@sperling-law.com

Sperling & Slater
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Chicago, Illinois 60603
312-641-3200
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