Rector, Thomas A.

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

• Bridgestone defeats class certification of Alien Tort Claims Act charges of forced labor on Liberian plantation , (2009)
• Chevron and other oil companies win summary judgment in information-sharing case , (2009)
• Chevron Corporation defends toxic tort charges involving cancer contraction , (2009)
• Chevron secures summary judgment and settles case against tortious interference and statutory franchise claims , (2009)
• Halliburton defends against lawsuit by family members of convoy drivers killed and injured in Iraq war , (2009)
• Hewlett-Packard prevails in complex False Claims Act case against Attorney General , (2009)
• Innofone.com resolves breach of contract litigation against target acquisition for start-up company
• Parker Hannifin defends against multidistrict wrongful death litigation after airline crash near Nantucket Island , (2009)
• Parker Hannifin defends against multidistrict wrongful death litigation arising out of airline crash in Indonesia , (2009)
• Parker Hannifin obtains dismissal of multi-plaintiff wrongful death action arising from crash of flight en route from Egypt to France , (2009)
• Parker Hannifin settles during appeal claims filed in wake of SilkAir crash , (2009)
• Prisoner is successful in a civil-rights action against a former correctional lieutenant for alleged excessive use of force

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
• U of California - Los Angeles

Address

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26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104

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