Thomas M. Downey

Tom Downey is a trial attorney that practices in the areas of product liability, professional liability, construction, transportation, insurance and environmental law.  He has extensive trial experience in state and federal courts representing a wide variety of clients including:

• Manufacturers, contractors, retailers, oil and gas producers and product suppliers in lawsuits alleging product liability, property damage, trespass, nuisance, personal injury and contamination
• Motor carriers, shippers, freight forwarders, brokers and logistics services in lawsuits alleging product liability, property damage, personal injury, wrongful death and cargo losses
• Property and casualty insurers, life and health insurers, excess and surplus line insurers, director and officers insurers and reinsurers in large loss investigtions and claims involving insurance coverage, breach of contract and bad faith allegations
• Insurance brokers and environmental engineers in professional liability actions regarding professional services and breach of contract
• Large and small businesses in environmental regulatory proceedings and compliance, asbestos litigation, natural resource damage, fire losses, Proposition 65 warnings and enforcement litigation
• Business entities in complex commercial litigation involving unfair trade practices (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 17200), business interruption, breach of contract, defamation, infringement and invasion of privacy lawsuits
• Technology industry regarding data breach and privacy
• Risk managers and corporate counsel regarding emergency response,  alternative dispute resolution, pre-litigation investigations and litigation management

• California Bar Association
• American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Litigation Section, Self-Insurers and Risk Managers Committee, Litigation Section
• Alameda County Bar Association, Contra Costa County Bar Association, Bar Association of San Francisco
• Defense Research Institute
• Risk and Insurance Management Society
• Professional Liability Underwriters Society
• The Harmonie Group

• The Reinsurance Arbitration Panel:  Selection and Communication (Defense Research Institute, 1998)
• Insurance Litigation, Chapter 18, Depositions (West, 2000)
• Practical Guidelines for Working with Experts

• University of Toledo (J.D., 1989)
• Ohio State University (B.A., 1986)

• California
• U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Central Districts of California

• Asbestos
• Business & Commercial
• Construction
• Insurance
• Litigation
• Product Liability
• Professional Liability
• Transportation
• Environmental/Toxic Torts

• Financial Services
• Insurance and Reinsurance
• Transportation, Logistics and Manufacturing

• Burnham Brown Partners Defeat Multi-Million Dollar Unfair Competition Claims at Wine Country Trial