Thomas E.

Partner @Kirby Mcinerney Llp

US

Lead or Co-Lead Counsel in class actions recovering over hundreds of millions of dollars for investors:Representation as Lead Counsel of the Lead Plaintiff in Local 295 IBT Employer Group Welfare Fund v. Compass Minerals Int’l, Inc, a putative class action alleging that Compass Minerals and three of its former officers misled investors about the progress and cost savings associated with its implementation of a new salt mining initiative. The matter resulted in a settlement of $48 million. Representation of the Exchange-Based Class in In re LIBOR-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation, an antitrust case alleging that defendant banks colluded to misreport and manipulate LIBOR. The case resulted in settlements totaling $190.45 million, which combined represent the largest recovery in a “futures-only” commodities class action litigation. Representation of a whistleblower who received the largest-ever individual award (nearly $200 million) arising under the Dodd-Frank whistleblower reward program after he provided information regarding the manipulation of crucial financial benchmarks used by global banks as the basis for the pricing of fixed income securities and derivative products.

Boston University School of Law

JD

University of Chicago

BA, Political Science