T. THOMAS (TOM) SINGER


Electric Building, Suite 310
115 North Broadway
Billings, Montana 59101

Tel: 406-294-9466
Toll Free: 866-294-9466
Fax: 406-294-9468
tsinger@axilonlaw.com


PRACTICE AREAS
Products Liability
Contract and Bad Faith Litigation
Copyright, Trademark and Trade Secret Litigation
Covenants Not To Compete
Employee and Employer Rights
Federal and State Constitutional Law
Fire Cause and Origin
Government Liability
Shareholder Rights


AT WORK
Born in Wyoming, Tom Singer has lived and worked in the Intermountain West for most of his life (with the exception of a brief detour to attend Harvard Law School). As a highly regarded attorney for nearly 30 years, Mr. Singer represents individual and business clients involved in a broad range of civil and commercial litigation, including trial, appellate practice, mediation and arbitration.

IN THE PROFESSION
Mr. Singer is an active member of legal and industry organizations, for which he has often served in positions of leadership, including the Wyoming State Bar and the State Bar of Montana (serving as a member of the latter's Professionalism Committee since 1992 and chairing the committee from 1998-2004). He is also a member of the Defense Research Institute, Montana Defense Trial Lawyers, and the International Association of Defense Counsel.

Mr. Singer is committed to the advancement of legal educational and professional standards, putting this into practice as an instructor of Legal Research and Writing at Gonzaga Law School from 1983 to 1985. For the next ten years, he was on the faculty of the Legal Assistant Program at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana, where he was named "Outstanding Instructor" three times. More recently, Mr. Singer taught trial skills and ethics at the NITA-style trial school of the International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy in Boulder, Colorado.

Mr. Singer is a frequent speaker and panel member at legal conferences and industry meetings. Topics include legal ethics, Internet and technology law, employment law, non-competition covenants, product liability and professional liability, litigation methods, trial preparation and appellate advocacy.

Mr. Singer has published a number of articles in legal journals, including "To Tell the Truth, Memory Isn't That Good" (63 Montana Law Review 337, 2002), the "1998 Montana Legal Update" (American Corporate Counsel Association), "Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act" (Montana Commercial Law Manual, 1996), and "Business Law Developments in Montana" (Corporate Counsel, 1995), among many others. He was editor of the "Summary of Montana Law" in the 1992 edition of the Litigation Desk Reference. Mr. Singer's white papers include "What Covenant Not To Compete Is Worth The Paper It Is Written On?"

After graduating from law school, Mr. Singer served as a Research Assistant in the Legislative Services Office of the Wyoming State Legislature, where he helped draft legislation and advised legislators and committees on the state criminal code and involuntary hospitalization statutes. Before entering private practice, he also served as campaign manager for a congressional election committee in Washington state and as a Law Clerk in the Thirteenth Judicial District Court in Billings, Montana.

Mr. Singer is the recipient of Martindale-Hubbell's "AV" rating for legal ability and ethics, the highest possible rating awarded by this nationally recognized, peer-reviewed rating system.


IN THE COMMUNITY
Mr. Singer serves on the boards of a number of community and educational organizations, including the Northwest College Alumni Association, Tumbleweed Runaway Program, and NAMI-Billings (for which he also serves as the current President). In the past, he has been a director of Billings Depot, Inc., the Billings Preservation Society, the Red Lodge Music Festival, and the Billings Symphony Orchestra & Chorale, where he served as Board President from 2000 to 2002 and has chaired the Artistic Advisory Committee from 2005 to the present.

Mr. Singer also performs with the Billings Studio Theater and the Billings Symphony Chorale.

BACKGROUND
Harvard University Law School
J.D., cum laude, 1978

Eastern Montana College
B.A., 1975

Northwest College
A.A., 1973

Mr. Singer is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Montana and Wyoming. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the United States Court of Federal Claims, and the United States Supreme Court.