Tom is a principal at Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black (WRVB) and Co-chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment practice group. Tom’s nationwide practice focuses on traditional labor/management issues, HR counseling, and employment litigation.

Tom devotes much of his attention to labor/management relations and NLRB matters. Peers have commented that “he is one of the most recognized traditional labor lawyers in Virginia.” He represents employers across the country in collective bargaining, grievances/arbitrations, NLRB litigation, union organizing and decertification campaigns, strike management, and other issues under collective bargaining agreements. Tom has extensive experience representing government contractors regarding collective bargaining, labor arbitrations, Service Contract Act compliance, and related issues. He regularly serves as chief spokesman in union negotiations and has handled more than 100 labor arbitration cases.

Tom received his undergraduate degree from Duke University and graduated cum laude from the University of Richmond Law School where he was a member of the McNeill Law Society and the Client Counseling and Negotiations Board.