Thomas W. Hill Director (614) 462-5403 •     Download vCard Employee Benefits Intellectual Property Litigation

Practice Focus

Trial lawyer with a primary focus on business litigation and intellectual property matters.

Career Highlights

Inducted as a Fellow to the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Selected as one of "America's Leading Business Lawyers" by Chambers USA.

Chosen by his peers as one of Columbus' Top Lawyers in Business First's the Verdict.

Recognized as an Ohio Super Lawyer® by Law & Politics magazine.

Profiled in Who's Who in American Law and in The Best Lawyers in America® publications.

Successfully defended a Fortune 100 company in a $500-million dollar claim that was tried to a jury in federal court, and represented a publicly-traded company in a case that produced a $20-million dollar settlement for the client.

Represented the American Cancer Society in litigation arising out of a $7-million dollar embezzlement of Cancer Society funds.

Represented Donatos Pizza in successful prosecution of trademark infringement claim involving Donatos ‘Edge to Edge' trademark.

Professional Memberships and Volunteer Activities

• American Bar Association, member
• American Inns of Court, Duncan chapter, past member
• Columbus Bar Association, member
• Columbus Bar Foundation, Chester Professionalism Institute, 2005 chair
• Ohio State Bar Association, member

Publications and Presentations

Co-Author: Federal Civil Procedure and Evidence During Trial– 6th Circuit, a two volume treatise on trial practice in the federal courts in the Sixth Circuit, with co-authors Honorable Samuel H. Bell, Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and Alfred H. Knight, of Willis & Knight of Nashville, Tennessee. Published in 1996 by Lawyers' Cooperative Publishing Company.

Selected by the federal court in Columbus as one of a small group of leading trial lawyers to participate in a demonstration trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio sponsored by the Federal Bar Association, the purpose of which was to demonstrate exemplary trial skills to those who try cases in federal court in Columbus. Mr. Hill conducted the cross-examination of the defendant.

Selected as one of eight Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers to present a demonstration jury trial at the 2004 national meeting of the Federal Bar Association in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Hill delivered the closing argument for the prosecution.

Bar Admissions

• Ohio
• Supreme Court of the United States
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Education

Juris Doctor (1970)
Cornell University Law School

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science (1967)
Grinnell College