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Tom Azar, Jr.

Tom Azar, Jr.

Partner

St. Louis
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PRACTICES

  • Education

    • University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law,

      J.D., 2004

      Order of the Coif

      Order of the Barristers

      Associate Managing Editor, Missouri Law Review

      Judging Director, Board of Advocates

      American Law Institute/American Bar Association Scholarship and Leadership Award Recipient

    • Indiana University Bloomington,

      M.A. Latin, 2001

    • University of Missouri-Columbia,

      B.A., 1999

  • Admissions

    • Illinois

    • Missouri

  • Recognitions

    • Listed in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers (by Thomson Reuters) Rising Stars, 2013-2015

  • Employment

    • Thompson Coburn LLP

      Partner, 2013-Present

      Associate, 2004-2012

      Summer Associate, 2003

    • Smith Lewis, LLP

      Law Clerk, 2002

    • Indiana University

      Associate Instructor, 2000-2001

Tom is a litigator who represents clients in complex commercial litigation, including consumer class actions, securities litigation, derivative-shareholder actions, business torts, and contract disputes.

He also has successfully represented a variety of clients in alternative dispute resolution, including both mediations and arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

Publications

Author, “Prove All Things and Hold Fast to that which is Good: the Missouri Supreme Court Redraws the Line between ‘Plain Error’ and ‘Ineffective Assistance of Counsel’”;
Missouri Law Review, Volume 68-2, 2003

Author, “Missouri’s ‘Innocent Seller’ Statute and the Federal Courts: Questions of General Applicability and Removal”;
Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers Newsletter, Spring 2005