Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Tom Gardner has extensive experience in dealer termination, private antitrust, corporate governance, lender liability, and breach of contract litigation. He also has been active in government antitrust investigations and litigation and counseling on distribution matters.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• Antitrust & Competition Law
• General Antitrust Counseling
• Antitrust Litigation
• Distribution & Robinson-Patman
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• Consumer Products & Retail
• Automotive

Representative Cases

• In re Potash Antitrust Litigation (No. II), MDC 1996 (N.D. Ill.) , (2009)
• Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. v. Computer Methods Corporation,
• Genesee Vending, Inc. v. Lorillard Tobacco Co., 2004-02 Trade Cas. (CCH) ¶ 74,603 (E.D. Mich. 2004)
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Premium Tobacco Stores, No. 99 C 1174, 2005 WL 293512 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 15, 2004), aff'd, 462 F.3d 690 (7th Cir. 2006), cert. denied, No. 06-848, 2007 U.S. LEXIS 2142 (Feb. 20, 2007)
• Weaver v. International Harvester (D. MT)
• Bridgestone/Firestone Tire Products Liability Litigation
• Distribution Disputes and Counseling
• Distribution Disputes and Counseling
• Distribution Disputes and Counseling
• Distribution Disputes and Counseling
• Eastman Chemical company Sorbates Civil Cases 1997 - 2004
• Lanham Act False Advertising Litigation
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Fee Arbitrations 1998-99
• Sorbates Antitrust Prosecution
• Sorbates Cartel Investigation
• Sorbates Price-Fixing Litigation

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Deceptive Trade Practices, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Antitrust, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, RICO Act, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Trade Regulation, Unfair Competition, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Illinois

Education

• U of Illinois - Urbana (Main)

Published Works

• Robinson-Patman: Alive and Still Kicking?, 1990

Address

77 West Wacker
Chicago, IL 60601-1692

Phones

1.312.269.4124 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.312.782.8585 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com