Tom Foley has served as national trial counsel in various complex litigations in numerous jurisdictions across the country including California, Colorado, Oregon, Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and throughout Michigan. He was the lead trial lawyer in the largest consolidated mass tort trial to result in a defense verdict. In recent years, Foley has been selected by corporations involved in mass tort litigation as part of their key counsel team for national defense strategy planning, expert and corporate witness development and preparation, and document management. In the growing field of litigation prevention, Foley has developed warnings and product audit programs designed to evaluate products and their labeling before litigation to reduce the risk of lawsuits and the potential exposure from them when filed. Foley and the attorneys in his group have defended business in class actions, antitrust, complex commercial and other high-stakes litigation. Tom co-invented a patented web-based litigation cost management system for use by corporations to control litigation costs. He has consulted with various companies on unique strategies to reduce litigation costs.Specialties: Management and trial of lawsuits including products liability and commercial litigation defense; class actions, antitrust, complex commercial and other high-stakes litigation.industry-wide and mass tort litigation trial and strategy coordination; litigation cost management consultation; alternative dispute mediation and facilitation.