W. Todd Thomas

Partner
Fort Lauderdale

t: 954 356 0011
f: 954 356 0022

tthomas@bsfllp.com

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Areas of Practice

Litigation

International Arbitration

Education

Yale Law School, J.D., 1993

The George Washington University, M.A., National Security Studies, 1989; School of International Affairs Fellowship

University of Florida, B.A. , Political Science, 1986; Phi Beta Kappa; Presidential Honor Roll; Post-Baccalaureate Study; Adam Mickiewicz Univ., Poznan, Poland

Clerkships

Hon. Jose A. Gonzalez, United States District Court for the Southern Districit of Florida, 1993-1995

Admissions

Florida and District of Columbia

Todd Thomas's main practice areas are litigation and international and domestic arbitration.

Mr. Thomas has litigated a variety of cases in a number of industries: computers, telecommunications, utilities, entertainment, power generation, construction, consumer products, agricultural products, security, and credit cards. His arbitration experience includes arbitrations under the UNCITRAL, ICC, LCIA, AAA, JAMS, and NASD rules. Mr. Thomas also has practiced in the area of international trade, assisting in the representation of clients before the United States Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission.

Mr. Thomas' litigation experience includes: obtaining a $40 million arbitral award on behalf of a company that operates a computer reservations system; representing a prominent comedian and actor in a breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit brought against the comedian's former manager; achieving the dismissal of a major international case brought against a foreign state under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act; successfully defending a national service company against a nationwide injunction sought on the basis of alleged antitrust violations and, later, securing summary judgment on all federal and state claims; achieving a ruling by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on behalf of a state that the shutdown of a nuclear power plant was caused by the utility's imprudence and rejecting a $426 million decommissioning estimate; obtaining the vacatur of a $1.4 billion foreign judgment, while obtaining a favorable award on the same claims in parallel international arbitration; obtaining summary judgment on behalf of an industry leader in a multi-billion dollar antitrust case; obtaining a $13 million award in an insurance coverage dispute; and obtaining settlements in large cases involving intellectual property and manufacturer's liability disputes.

Mr. Thomas worked in the firm's Washington, D.C. office from 1998 to 2000 and became a partner in 2000. Prior to joining Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Mr. Thomas was an associate at the law firm of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler LLP, where he worked in litigation and international trade. While working for the United States Department of State (Office of Strategic Technology) in 1989, Mr. Thomas held a Top Secret security clearance and worked on U.S. export regulations and missile technology and supercomputer export matters.