About Thomas Gilson
A partner in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group, Mr. Gilson represents clients in a wide range of commercial disputes. He has extensive experience counseling clients in e-discovery and data management and also represents corporate clients in grand jury and government agency investigations. Formerly the head of the firm’s class action practice group, Mr. Gilson has extensive experience litigating class action issues in both state and federal court.
Prior to joining Lewis and Roca, Mr. Gilson was an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Washington, D.C. During law school, he was the Executive Editor of the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology and the recipient of the Lowden-Wigmore prize for Legal Scholarship and the Adlai E. Stevenson, III award for Best Brief in the Julius Miner Moot Court competition.
Mr. Gilson has been appointed as a member of the Advanced Planning Leadership Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Litigation and has previously served as co-chair of the Criminal Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Litigation. He is the recipient of two awards from the ABA: Outstanding Subcommittee Chair and Outstanding Newsletter Editor.
A graduate of the Juilliard School, Mr. Gilson is an accomplished classical pianist who has performed at New York’s Lincoln Center and throughout the country.