

The claims arose from various allegations of accounting impropriety and insider trading that were successfully resolved. In Re Barrett Business Services Securities Litigation. Tom represented a publicly traded company in defending a federal court class action securities fraud case, a state court shareholder derivative suit, and government investigations by the Department of Justice and SEC Enforcement Division. Obtained favorable settlements with third-party professionals in state court litigation and private arbitration, resulting in a gross recovery exceeding our clients’ investment losses. Deloitte & Touche LLP, et al. Represented 70 investors who collectively lost nearly $100 million in the Aequitas Ponzi scheme. From 1999 through 2008, Tom was the Managing Partner of Miller Nash LLP. Andrew Legal Clinic and Children’s Cancer Association, among other volunteer and leadership roles.

He is a former president of the Multnomah Bar Association, served on the boards of directors for the St. Tom is dedicated to advancing the legal profession and participates in causes that provide equal access to the justice system. While his practice emphasizes securities issues, Tom is also sought after for his knowledge and experience with complex employment and business cases, including class actions.Ī Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Tom is also ranked among leaders in Chambers USA, Benchmark Litigation, and The Best Lawyers in America © and has been named by Super Lawyers Magazine as one of the top ten lawyers in Oregon multiple times.

Tom Sand represents publicly traded and privately held companies, financial institutions, directors, officers, individual investors and others involved in disputed transactions that implicate the state and federal securities laws or involve similar legal challenges to business management practices.
