Thomas Earl Patton has engaged primarily in complex civil and criminal business litigation. He has handled many significant, nationally publicized trials, including defense of the "Travelgate" prosecutions, defense of a major accounting firm, defense of two state governors and other public officials, and the pursuit of major antitrust price fixing class actions and securities fraud cases. He has over 30 years' experience in handling complex business and financial disputes in trials, appeals, arbitrations, mediations and SEC enforcement proceedings. He has tried cases and class actions in the fields of securities, antitrust, distribution and franchise, business torts, trademark infringement, employment, and procurement fraud. Based on this experience, Mr. Patton has developed national corporate compliance programs and provides legal counsel to firms on securities, employment practices, and general corporate matters. The compliance advice has included areas such as Foreign Corrput Practices Act, Price Fixing, Export Controls andInsider Trading.

Recently and currently, he has engaged extensively in employment litigation, employment dispute counseling and investigations, and preparation of employment law compliance manuals for large corporate clients.. Mr. Patton has served on the board of three companies, including a public telecom company and its committees, including its audit committees.

Mr. Patton is the author of a treatise on Securities Fraud and for twelve years was the distinguished lecturer in federal civil procedure at Catholic University Law School. He currently serves as the distinguished lecturer in White Collar Crime at that institution. He has authored numerous articles and spoken at bar CLE programs. His many reported cases may be found in legal search services.

Mr. Patton began his career in New York at Sullivan & Cromwell and later served as counsel to a Senate Committee before becoming a member of Williams & Connolly. Later, after service as head of regulatory litigation at the U.S. Department of Energy, he managed the Washington office of Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis. He is one of the founding partners of Tighe Patton Armstrong Teasdale, PLLC.



Mr. Patton graduated summa cum laude from Catholic University Law School where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. He is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia, Virginia, and New York, and serves as an ABA Advisor for the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. He is listed in "The Best Lawyers in America," "Who's Who in America," and "Who's Who in the World." He is also a member of the Cosmos Club and active in various charity and non-profit endeavors.