Thomas Sherman has more than 37 years of hands-on, results-oriented accomplishments in a wide variety of legal matters including mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures; SEC practice and compliance (Sarbanes-Oxley Act); commercial and employment law; equity and debt, public and private financings; general corporate law; litigation, including litigation management; and senior executive matters, including employment contracts, non-competition restrictions and severance agreements.
He has demonstrated people, administrative and management skills including direct participation with boards of directors and senior executives of public and private business organizations in all aspects of their legal and business decision-making processes.
A former First Lt. in the U.S. Army, Mr. Sherman began his legal profession in Detroit, Michigan, as an associate in a private law firm. In 1983, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia where he has expanded his legal career and served as general counsel, vice president and secretary for two Fortune 500 companies.
Education
- J.D., cum laude, University of Michigan Law School, 1971
Order of the Coif - B.B.A., University of Michigan, 1966
Beta Alpha Psi Honorary Accounting Fraternity
Bar Admissions
Representative Experience
- Mergers & Acquisitions Structured, negotiated, drafted, and consummated mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and spin-offs ranging in size up to $1.4 billion.
- Equity & Debt Financings Negotiated and closed equity offerings of up to $1.2 billion and public and private long and short term debt financings of up to $600 million. Participated in the creation of commercial paper programs, medium-term note placements and revolving bank debt.
- Commercial Law Counseled large public and private companies ensuring legal compliance as well as providing legal/business advice on a wide range of issues including antitrust, advertising, employee and labor relations, marketing, purchasing, litigation, real estate, environmental, safety, insurance programs and other matters.
- Litigation Management Supervised nation-wide defense of lawsuits involving national companies including antitrust class actions, product liability, employee discrimination/wrongful termination and mass tort cases.
- Corporate Corporate Secretary function for three Fortune 500 companies with responsibility for Board and Committee meetings, Shareholder meetings, resolutions, formation and dissolution of subsidiaries, preparation of SEC public offering documents, reports and proxy statements, securities law compliance programs, and other counseling matters.
Publications & Presentations
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Co-Author,
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Locke Lord QuickStudy: Rescinding Life Insurance Policies Can Be Risky Business
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Locke Lord
(June 1, 2012)
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Co-Author,
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Locke Lord QuickStudy: Tis the Season to be Jolly
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Locke Lord
(April 18, 2012)
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Locke Lord QuickStudy: Violating Former “All Capacities” Doctrine is No Longer Fatal
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Locke Lord
(December 1, 2011)
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Locke Lord QuickStudy: To Strike or to Rewrite?
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Locke Lord
(November 4, 2011)
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Co-Author,
"Locke Lord QuickStudy: The Rose of DeRose,"
Locke Lord
(October 20, 2011)
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Co-Author,
"Locke Lord QuickStudy: New Georgia Law Makes Easier for Employers to Draft Enforceable Restrictive Covenants,"
Locke Lord
(May 17, 2011)
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Co-Author,
"Client Alert Update: Georgia's New Non-Competition Statute,"
Locke Lord
(November 23, 2010)
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Co-Author,
"Client Alert: New Georgia Non-Compete Law is a Peach for Employers,"
Locke Lord
(November 5, 2010)
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Co-Author,
"Client Alert: Promoters Beware,"
Locke Lord
(October 26, 2010)
Professional History
- Of Counsel, Locke Lord LLP
Professional Affiliations & Achievements
- Member, Technology Association of Georgia
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, State Bar of Georgia
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