Thomas C Sand

Practice Areas

Corporate Governance & Shareholder Disputes

Employment Law & Labor Relations

Class Actions

Financial Services

Litigation

Career

Tom Sand represents publicly traded and privately held companies, financial institutions, directors, officers, individual investors, and others in disputed transactions that implicate the state and federal securities laws or involve similar legal challenges to business management practices. While his practice emphasizes securities issues, Tom is also sought after for his knowledge and experience with complex employment and business cases, including class actions.

Tom has a strong record of success leading trial teams in a wide variety of securities matters, including class action and shareholder derivative litigation. He understands the complexities of these case and takes special care to guide clients through high stakes and sensitive issues while mitigating risks and adverse outcomes.

Tom has represented clients in novel and notable cases before various state and federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court, regulatory agencies such as the SEC, and successfully argued cases in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Oregon Supreme Court, and the Oregon Court of Appeals. He is also a trusted meditator and arbitrator who has assisted dozens of parties in resolving disputes in business and securities matters.

Tom is licensed to practice in Oregon and Washington.

Professional Memberships

Miller Nash LLP, Managing Partner, 1999-2008

St. Andrew Legal Clinic, Board of Directors, 2013-2016

Multnomah Bar Association, President, 2016-2017; Board of Directors, 2015-2018; Professionalism Committee, Chair, 1988

Oregon State Bar, Federal Practice and Procedure Committee, Member, 1998-2001; Professionalism Committee, Chair, 1990; Securities Regulation Section, Executive Board Chair, 1999

Multnomah Bar Foundation, President, 2010

U.S. Bank of Oregon Advisory Board, Member, 2002-2013

American Bar Association, Securities Litigation Section

Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Compliance and Legal Division

Northeast Legal Clinic Volunteer Lawyers Project, Volunteer

Wasco County voter registration hearings, Special Assistant Attorney General, 1984

Education

Awards