Overview

Tom joined McNair in March 1995, and became a shareholder of the firm in March 2002. Tom served as the Anderson County attorney, through contract with Anderson County, from 1999 through 2008. He was appointed Oconee County attorney on January 6, 2009, and served in this capacity until November 2015. He regularly works with and represents many other cities and counties throughout the state on a wide range of local and municipal matters.

A significant portion of Tom's work is in the general area of economic development, assisting state and local governments and private sector interests in major economic development projects. He has done significant, innovative work in developing and adapting state and local incentives to commercial and redevelopment work. He has represented business and industry in major construction and expansion projects and has assisted both governmental and private interests in "outside the box" adaptation of state and local tax and other incentives to foster development for each.

Before McNair

From 1969 through 1990, Tom, a distinguished naval graduate, served on active duty in the United States Navy, first as a line officer and then as a member of the Judge Advocate General's Corps in a variety of positions, including as a military judge from 1984 to 1987, and in a large number of locations and fields of practice, including criminal litigation, contract law, and international law. For two years, Tom headed the immigration law program of the International Law Division of the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the United States Navy.

After retirement from the Navy in 1990, Tom worked as an assistant to the solicitor for the Tenth Judicial Circuit, South Carolina until May 1991, and then worked as Anderson County attorney for Anderson County, South Carolina until joining McNair Law Firm, P.A. in March 1995.