Bio
Tom (he/him) is a Staff Attorney at the ACLU of Utah, where his practice focuses on complex civil rights and liberties litigation in federal and state court, with an emphasis on First Amendment, Eighth Amendment, immigrant rights, and disability rights cases.
Tom has secured significant victories on behalf of clients across a broad range of constitutional matters, including preliminary and permanent injunctive relief against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, state agencies, local law enforcement, and county governments, as well as favorable verdicts following federal and state jury trials. Tom has experience representing a wide range of clients, including the literary estates of Dr. Maya Angelou and Kurt Vonnegut, incarcerated individuals, organizational partners such as the Disability Law Center, and public school and university students proceeding anonymously.
Prior to joining the ACLU, Tom served as an Assistant Public Defender at the Alaska Public Defender Agency, where he developed substantial trial experience advocating for the rights and dignity of indigent clients throughout Alaska. He earned his J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where he represented incarcerated people with disabilities in class action litigation through the Civil Rights Clinic and was awarded the Arnold & Porter Civil Rights Endowed Scholarship for his demonstrated commitment to civil rights, public service, and academic excellence.
Tom is a member of the Utah State Bar Leadership Academy, Class of 2026, and is admitted to practice in Utah and Alaska, in the federal district courts, and in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
