Thomas Broom Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Member of the Government Services office that provides in-house counsel and litigation support to City departmentsAdvise the Boston Cannabis Board, the Boston Licensing Board, the Mayor's Office of Consumer Affairs and Licensing, the Boston Transportation Department, the Office of Returning Citizens, the Intergovernmental Relations office, the Mayor's.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Assigned to the Inspectional Services Department to serve as in-house counsel and to assist with the Department’s enforcement litigation.
• Enforce the State Sanitary Code, State Building Code, City of Boston Zoning Code, and City ordinances in the Housing Court and Superior Court.
• Represent ISD in evidentiary hearings on requests for preliminary injunction, receivership petitions, and contempt actions.
• Assigned to the Boston Zoning Board of Appeal to serve as the Executive Secretary to the Board.
• Serve as legal counsel to the Board and provide guidance on developments in zoning and other applicable law, including affordable housing policy and retail marijuana regulations.
• Oversee the administrative functioning of the Board to ensure compliance with the Open Meeting Law, the Boston Zoning Enabling Act, the Public Records Law, and City ordinances.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Served as law clerk to the entire Boston Municipal Court consisting of 30 judges.
• Selected by the judge in charge of the special session to assist with the court’s processing and hearing of all COVID-19 special release applications at the start of the pandemic.
• Served as the law clerk for judges on assignment to the Suffolk County Superior Court to oversee cases where the Superior Court had a conflict.
• Drafted decisions on motions to dismiss, motions to suppress, motions for new trial, motions for summary judgment, and other motions as necessary, in both the BMC and Superior Court.
• Drafted Appellate Division decisions on intermediate civil appeals, including appeals of involuntary commitments for substance abuse and mental health issues.
• Drafted decisions in administrative appeals, including unemployment compensation appeals.

Boston

• Worked directly with attorneys on wage theft and worker misclassification class action suits.
• Reviewed discovery in Uber independent contractor misclassification class action and drafted document requests and interrogatories.
• Drafted a variety of pleadings, including a reply in favor of conditional certification of a collective action, a motion for sanctions, a plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, and an opposition brief to a bankruptcy.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Researched and wrote bench memoranda for the Justice on a variety of topics, including evidence, criminal law and procedure, immigration, and bankruptcy.
• Researched discrete legal questions for the clerks to assist them with drafting opinions.
• Edited final drafts of opinions and the bench memoranda of fellow interns and observed oral arguments.

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: National Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Competition as 2L and 3L / Evidence TA / Legal Research and Writing TA /.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology And Political Science

Activities and Societies: Student Friends of the Ackland