About Tom
Tom Woods practices in the firm’s Trial and Litigation practice groups. He is a complex civil litigator with multiparty, mass tort and class action litigation experience. He represents corporate and individual clients in state and federal courts, and at arbitration, in cases involving a range of issues including: real estate disputes; breaches of contract; breaches of fiduciary duties and duties of loyalty; misappropriation of trade secrets; fraud; negligence; contractual and equitable indemnity; unfair, unlawful and fraudulent business practices; and shareholder derivative claims. Tom’s corporate clients span industries from medical device and household product manufacturing to banking and lending.
Since joining Stoel, Tom has developed substantial experience representing clients in real estate and consumer and commercial lending industries. Many of his cases involve claimed violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), the Truth in Lending Act (“TILA”), the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”), the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (“ECOA”), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), and state and federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Acts (the “RFDCPA” and “FDCPA”), in addition to a collection of other state consumer protection laws aimed at preventing unfair and deceptive product labeling, disclosures and other business practices. Tom is currently the lead Northern California counsel and supervising attorney over litigation teams defending banks and other lending institutions in cases alleging statutory violations associated with lending, loan servicing and collection practices.
Before joining Stoel, Tom was of counsel at Greenberg Traurig LLP (2008–2011) and an associate with Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (2004–2008). During those seven years, Tom developed substantial experience representing pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers and other clients in complex state-coordinated proceedings and multidistrict litigation (“MDL”). From 2001 to 2004, Tom served as a Lieutenant and trial attorney for the U.S. Navy JAG Corps and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney (“SAUSA”) in federal civil litigation for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of California, in San Diego. He received an Honorable Discharge from the U.S. Navy in 2008.
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