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Toledo
One SeaGate
Suite 1700
Toledo, OH 43604
P:
419.254.5246
419.254.5246
F: 419.242.0316
E: [email protected] | vCard
Thomas’ practice focuses on advising and representing clients in all aspects of the development of building codes and standards, including proceedings before the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the International Code Council (ICC), the National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC), the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), ASHRAE (formerly the American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers), the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the California Energy Commission, and numerous other forums. His clients include a number of worldwide glass manufacturers and trade associations representing the glass industry.
He has more than 30 years of experience representing Fortune 500 companies in civil litigation and financial institutions in restructurings, reorganizations, and insolvency proceedings. He was lead trial counsel for the Trustee appointed to liquidate the stockbrokerage firm of Bell & Beckwith following discovery of a $40 million theft from its customers.
In 2003, he was selected by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) and appointed by U.S. District Court as Trustee to oversee the liquidation of two stockbrokerage firms, Continental Capital Securities, Inc. and Continental Capital Investment Services, Inc., after massive thefts were discovered by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As the Trustee in these cases, he worked closely with the Office of the United States Attorney in connection with its criminal prosecution of one of Continental's principals; he successfully repaid Continental's customers 100% of their allowed losses; and he returned more than $1.7 million to the SIPC for advances it made to Continental's customers.