Thomas O. Sinclair
Office Address: 420 20th Street North Suite 2000 Birmingham, AL 35203 Direct Dial: (205) 986-5048 Fax: (205) 986-5088
Legal Assistant: Elizabeth Davis (205) 986-5038

Mr. Sinclair is a Birmingham native who served in the United States Marine Corps (1985-1991) prior to attending the University of Alabama. While at the University of Alabama, he received the award for Most Outstanding Undergraduate in Finance and graduated with distinction in 1995. After a brief stint in the finance industry he received the Harwell G. Davis Presidential Scholarship to attend Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. Mr. Sinclair then went to work for a large defense firm where he routinely represented automotive manufacturers and insurance companies. He has served in a national counsel role in State and Federal Court, Multi-District Litigation, and coordinated litigation in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and litigation arising from foreign venues.

Mr. Sinclair now devotes 100% of his practice to litigation including insurance claims governed by ERISA and state laws, commercial litigation, complex litigation including class actions, and wrongful death litigation. He is routinely asked to contribute to CLEs and articles on these subjects.

Articles:

Thomas O. Sinclair, The Agency Argument - What ERISA Plaintiffs and Defendants Need to Know, 70 Ala. Law. 131 (2009).

Reported Cases:

Anderson v Unum Life Insurance Company of America, 414 F.Supp.2d 1079 (M.D. Ala. 2006); SCI Alabama Funeral Services, Inc. v. Lanyon, 896 So.2d 495 (Ala. 2004).