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Thomas M. Jones is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, resident in its Chicago office. He is a member of the Firm’s Tax Department. Tom’s practice focuses on federal and state tax, insurance regulatory and legal matters concerning captive insurance and other alternatives to commercial insurance. He works with multinational corporations, private business, taxable and exempt health care providers, trade associations, joint ventures and enterprises of all sizes.
Tom has extensive transactional experience in all major U.S. and offshore captive insurance jurisdictions, including Arizona, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, South Carolina, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Vermont, as well as Barbados, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands.
Tom is a member of the bar of the State of Illinois, the American Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association and the International Fiscal Association. He is a frequent guest speaker at international seminars and conferences, making numerous offshore and onshore presentations on captive insurance and related topics.
In 2008, the Captive Insurance Companies Association (CICA) presented Tom with its Distinguished Service Award. Each year CICA selects the individual making the most significant contribution to the captive industry. Tom also was honored by the Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) as the recipient of its 2005 Industry Service Award. In 2001, Tom was one of three recipients of a special recognition award for captive insurance expertise bestowed by the Cayman Islands Government. Tom has served as corporate legal advisor to the New York World Trade Center Captive since 2004.
Representative Experience
Structured from a legal, tax, and regulatory perspective U.S. airline industry terrorism and managed care industry bio-terrorism risk pools
Designed and implemented scores of healthcare provider single parent and multi-owner captive insurers and risk retention groups -
Represented numerous private and public businesses in integration of enterprise risk financing programs into existing corporate, organizational and tax structures
Faculty and board member of the International Center for Captive Insurance Education, teaching tax/legal/regulatory courses
Education:
Cornell Law School, J.D., 1975
Cornell University, M.B.A., 1971
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.A., 1969 | 