Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Tom Rector has litigated and tried matters before state and federal courts, as well as before domestic and foreign regulatory and administrative agencies. He focuses on complex tort, antitrust, and commercial litigation for diverse clients from the energy, oil and gas, aerospace, telecommunications, finance, and technology sectors.

He has particular experience with international cases, having litigated matters arising in Iraq, Japan, Singapore, China, Indonesia, Egypt, Liberia, Australia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Nigeria.

His practice has always focused on client needs. His cases have varied from complex licensing disputes to mass tort actions to False Claims Act proceedings to simple breach of contract matters. His approach is to be pragmatic and cost-effective in litigating cases.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Antitrust Litigation

Representative Cases

• Bowoto v. Chevron Corporation
• Fisher v. Halliburton, Inc., 454 F. Supp. 2d 637 (S.D. Tex. 2006).
• Gambra v. International Lease Finance Corporation
• Gonzales v. Texaco Inc.
• In re Air Crash Disaster Near Nantucket Island, Massachusetts
• In re Air Crash Disaster Near Palembang, Indonesia
• In re Managerial, Professional and Technical Employees Antitrust Litigation
• In re Mattel Inc. Toy Lead Paint Products Litigation
• Innofone.com Inc. v. Infoweapons Inc.
• Roe v. Bridgestone Corp.
• Self-Serve Petroleum v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
• Merger of Chevron Corporation and Texaco Inc.
• State of California ex rel. Adams v. Hewlett-Packard Company

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

• California

Education

• U of California - Hastings

Address

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26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104

Phones

1.415.875.5734 (Business Phone)

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