Areas of Practice
- Antitrust & Trade Regulation
- Business & Commercial Litigation
- Class Action Defense
- Products Liability
Education
- Tulane University Law School, J.D., 1982, cum laude; Chief Judge, Moot Court Board
- Louisiana State University, B.S. in Finance, 1979; President of the E. J. Ourso College of Business; Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia, 1991
- Louisiana, 1982
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1985
- 5th Cir., 1985
- 8th Cir., 1999
- 11th Cir., 2004
- S.D. Fla., 2008
- E.D. La., 1983
- M.D. La., 1984
- W.D. La., 1987
- S.D. Miss., 1985
professionalsBio
Thomas Casey's primary emphasis is on class actions and multi-district litigation proceedings, including service as defendant’s liaison counsel, business and commercial litigation, trade regulation, products liability, administrative proceedings, and arbitration. Mr. Casey is a native of New Orleans.
Before joining Jones Walker in 1983, Mr. Casey was a law clerk for the Honorable Adrian G. Duplantier (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana).
Noteworthy
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009 (Copyright 2008 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the area of Commercial Litigation (listed annually since 2008)
- Listed in the 2008 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Class Action/Mass Torts (also listed in 2007)
- AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell. CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings fall into two categories—legal ability and general ethical standards.
News
- Forty Jones Walker Attorneys Recognized in the 2008 Edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers
- Fifty-Two Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008; Jones Walker Top-Listed in Louisiana
- Forty-Seven Jones Walker Attorneys Listed in the 2007 Edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers; One In Top Ten, Four In Top Fifty, Two In Top Twenty-Five Women
Memberships
- American Bar Association (Member, Section on Litigation, Corporate Counsel Committee)
- Federal Bar Association
- District of Columbia Bar
- Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
- Louisiana Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 2004 to date)
- Louisiana Center for Law Civic Education (Past President)
- Louisiana State Bar Association (Member, House of Delegates, 1989; Past Chair, Access to Justice Committee)
- New Orleans Bar Association
- New Orleans Pro Bono Project (Past Chair, Board of Directors)
