Thomas R. Peters

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Thomas R. Peters: Attorney with Holmes & Peters, LLC
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  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer Distinguished Rating
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Biography

Thomas Peters was a co-founder of Boyle Brasher LLC. Thom is an aggressive, no-nonsense trial attorney and litigator. He represents a major transportation company in asbestos litigation and other occupational exposure cases across the central and southern parts of the country, from jurisdictions in Minnesota in the north to Mississippi in the south. He has tried numerous complex multi-party high-dollar exposure inhalation cases to jury verdicts across the country. Thom also defends other attorneys who have chosen him to represent them in legal malpractice cases brought against them, a sure sign of the great respect he commands within the profession.

Thom also handles products liability trials and appeals. Thom has an accounting degree. He has a keen eye for the discrepancies in the damage calculations of opposing damages experts in trials. Thom also has unique qualifications in municipal law including all forms of legislation, regulation, and litigation involving municipalities or other governmental bodies. He also has expertise in handling administrative law matters before public agencies and regulatory bodies.

Thom gained a lot of experience with governmental legal issues as a result of serving as an elected alderman on a city council. While serving on the city council, Thom was chairman of the economic development committee.

Thom was born and raised in rural Wisconsin and remains a displaced Cheese Head and ultimate Green Bay Packer fan and stockholder. Thom and his family live in Belleville, Illinois.
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Areas of Practice (19)

  • Energy
  • Government Agencies and Programs
  • Government Contracts
  • Insurance
  • Land Use and Zoning
  • Litigation and Appeals
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Products Liability
  • Railroad Worker Injury – FELA
  • Toxic Torts
  • Transportation
  • Trucking Accidents
  • Legal Malpractice Defense
  • Products Liability Defense
  • Railroad Defense
  • Toxic Tort Defense
  • State, Local, and Municipal Law
  • Trucking Defense

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1982
Law School Attended:
University of Illinois College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1986
Year of First Admission:
1987
Admission:
1987, Illinois; 1987, Missouri; 2006, Tennessee; 2008, Kentucky; United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois; 2020, Michigan; United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois; United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; 2006, Tennessee; 1987, Missouri; 2020, Michigan; 2008, Kentucky; 1987, Illinois
Memberships:
The St. Clair County Bar Association; The Illinois State Bar Association; The Missouri Bar Association; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; The Bar Association of the Central and Southern Federal Districts of Illinois.
ISLN:
904476482

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Peer Reviews

4.4/5.0 (7 reviews)

  • Legal Knowledge

    4.5/5.0

  • Analytical Capability

    4.5/5.0

  • Judgment

    4.3/5.0

  • Communication

    4.1/5.0

  • Legal Experience

    4.5/5.0
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