Tom’s professional background includes his service as a Deputy County Attorney, Legislative Assistant to the U.S. House of Representatives, and First Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Arizona where he was in charge of the Phoenix Office. As a federal prosecutor, Tom handled a broad variety of cases over the course of his six years in that office. In the civil arena, Tom had the benefit of working with the Phoenix law firm of Ryley, Carlock and Applewhite, P.A. where, among other things, he became an expert in certain specialized areas of federal labor law.