Tom Smith is a Partner in the Florida and Boston offices of Jackson Lewis LLP.  He is a graduate of Boston University School of Law and has practiced Labor and Employment law for over thirty-nine years.  After serving in the Judge Advocate Generals’ Corp where he practiced labor and employment law, Mr. Smith practiced labor and employment law in Connecticut from 1974 through 1979 and was formerly a partner in a Connecticut firm.  He  has been a partner in Jackson Lewis for over 24 years and served as Managing Partner of the Boston office of the firm for over seventeen years.  He also assisted with the management of the firm’s Hartford and Chicago offices and served five years as a member of the firm’s management committee.

Mr. Smith is a member of the Bars of  Florida and Massachusetts, and is admitted to several District Courts and Courts of Appeals including the federal courts in Rhode Island, Maryland, Connecticut, Massachusetts and the First and Second Circuit Courts of Appeal.  He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section where he is active on the Practice and Procedure before the National Labor Relations Board subcommittee. 

Mr. Smith practices in most areas of labor and employment law and has served as outside counsel to some of the nation’s largest employers. He has practiced extensively before the National Labor Relations Board, tried many arbitration cases and has negotiated numerous collective bargaining agreements for employers.  Mr. Smith also provides training on workplace law topics to employers in  many industries.

Mr. Smith’s practice of workplace law has included his representation of management in Sarbanes-Oxley retaliation cases, employment tax cases before the Internal Revenue Service and state revenue agencies, OSHA and wage and hour investigations by the Department of Labor, and various discrimination cases including pattern and practice cases.  He has also defended employers in bench and jury trials in state and federal courts.

Mr. Smith serves on a state Board of Advisors of the Salvation Army and dedicates his services and time to other charitable organizations.

In his spare time, Mr. Smith enjoys swimming, film, and writing short stories.