Tom Hogan represents clients in complex commercial, environmental and administrative law litigation. Tom also advocates for clients in their dealings with regulators and counsels them on proactively managing potential liabilities.
Tom has been recommended for environmental litigation and antitrust by The Legal 500 (2019) and rated AV Preeminent®, the highest peer review rating available, in the Martindale-Hubbell register for lawyers. He twice served on the Law360 Environmental Editorial Advisory Board, and is a co-author of Mergers and Acquisitions in the United States: A Practical Guide for Non-U.S. Buyers (Aspen Publishers).
Environmental Matters
- Representing multiple companies in a mass tort lawsuit alleging exposure to hazardous substances in California.
- Representing the Port of Portland concerning alleged Natural Resource Damages (NRD) under CERCLA at the Portland Harbor Superfund Site.
Commercial and Other Matters
- Served on the trial and appellate teams for a global engineering company in an indemnity case arising out of the 2009 explosion of a food manufacturing plant in Garner, North Carolina. After a four-week jury trial, the jury returned a verdict of $108.9 million in favor of the client, double the largest verdict in Nebraska at that time. The National Law Journal recognized the verdict as a “Top 50 Verdict” of 2016 in its Elite Trial Lawyers report. The Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed the judgment in 2018.*
- Represented international ocean shipping carrier in civil antitrust litigation.
*Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.