Foley, Baron & Metzger Attorneys

Thomas J. Foley

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Experience

Tom Foley is a founding member of Foley, Baron & Metzger, PLLC-, where he directs the Products Liability and Complex Litigation Group. Over the last 20 years, he has served as national trial counsel in various complex liability litigations in numerous jurisdictions across the country including California, Colorado, Oregon, Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and throughout Michigan. He was the lead trial lawyer in the largest consolidated mass tort trial to result in a defense verdict. In 2004, Mr. Foley was selected among other national defense trial lawyers to serve as faculty for the prestigious International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy held at Stanford University Law School. Mr. Foley and the attorneys in his group have defended class actions, antitrust, aviation, complex commercial and other high-stakes litigation. He carries Martindale-Hubbell's "A-V" rating and is an active member of the International Association of Defense Counsel [IADC]. He is also a member of the M-LAW (Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch) Advisory Board where he is active in pro-business tort reform activities.

Education

Thomas M. Cooley Law School - Juris Doctor – 1980
Michigan State University - Bachelor of Arts - 1976

Professional Background and Licensure

Mr. Foley is a member of the Michigan and Ohio Bars; admitted pro hac vice by courts to practice in more than a dozen states.

Publications & Presentations (Selected)

Co-author: "Logic of Michigan's FDA Defense Survives Recent Supreme Court Ruling," Washington Legal Foundation, Legal Backgrounder, May, 2009.
Co-author, "Comments Sought on State Court Plan to Address Asbestos Suits,” Washington Legal Foundation, Counsel’s Advisory, November, 2006.
Co-author, "Progressive Liability Reform Law Faces Repeal Effort In Michigan,” Washington Legal Foundation, Legal Backgrounder, October, 2006.
Co-author, "State High Court Strikes Latest Blow Against Tort Reform Nullification," Washington Legal Foundation, Counsel's Advisory, August, 2004.
"Model Drug Product Tort Reform Measure Overcomes Constitutional Challenge," Washington Legal Foundation, Counsel’s Advisory, March 2003.
Co-Author, "Federal Subject Matter Jurisdiction and the Amount In Controversy in Class Actions," IADC Class Action & Multi-Party Litigation Newsletter, June 2000.
"Judicial Intervention Undercuts Tort Reform in Michigan," Washington Legal Foundation, Legal Opinion Letter, 1999.
"March Madness Continues: U.S. Supreme Court Issues Its Decision in Kumho Tire," IADC Product Liability Committee Newsletter, 1999.
"Medical Device Product Liability Update," Food Drug Cosmetic Law Journal, 1991.
"Pre-litigation Discovery by Potential Adversaries: Controlling the ‘Smoking Gun,’" Risk & Benefits Management Journal, 1987.

Personal Interests

Tom is married with a daughter. He is an instrument-rated pilot and enjoys downhill skiing and swimming.