Thomas (Tom) L. Boeder Of Counsel

Tom Boeder has extensive experience as a commercial litigator. His practice has included cases involving antitrust, antitrust clearance for mergers and acquisitions, class actions, consumer product liability and consumer protection litigation, and intellectual property litigation. A former deputy attorney general and chief of Antitrust, Consumer Protection and Criminal Law Enforcement in the Washington State Attorney General's Office, Tom has worked on a number of significant cases over the years, including the merger of The Boeing Company and McDonnell Douglas Corporation and the Louisiana-Pacific OSB Siding Litigation. His representative clients include The Boeing Company, Outerwall Inc., Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Systems, Starbucks Corporation and Weyerhaeuser Company. Movie industry antitrust litigation has been one area of focus where Tom has represented independent theater operators in litigation against the three, dominant theater circuits in the United States - AMC, Regal and Cinemark. His movie industry antitrust work has involved counseling, litigation in state and federal courts and a successful jury trial.