THOMAS F. ASCH

14 West Erie Street
Chicago, IL 60610-3811
Phone: (312) 751-1170
Fax: (312) 751-0438

Thomas F. Asch has a diverse background, but has been concentrating his practice for the past ten years in representing whistleblowers exposing fraud on the U.S. Government in qui tam actions under the Federal False Claims Act. He was recently honored for that work by being named as a finalist for the 2005 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award by Trial Lawyers For Public Justice. Before that, he represented clients in such diverse areas as business transactions and litigation, personal injury, corporate, antitrust, hospital law, school law, real estate, professional responsibility and securities matters. He also spent several years as a small business owner-operator, the publisher/editor of a literary magazine, and drafting and editing legal handbooks and practice aids. He has published over 60 poems and essays in small magazines and has been anthologized in a collection of Chicago poets.

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Current Employment Position(s):

Of Counsel

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West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Commercial Leasing, Contracts, Transactions, Business Organizations, Closely Held Businesses, Partnerships, Education Law, Public Schools, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Whistleblower -- Employee, Government Contracts, Defense Contracts, Federal Contracts, Government Procurement, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Real Estate Law

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Litigation Percentage:

95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

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Bar Admissions:

Illinois, 1981

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Honors and Awards:

Finalist, Trial Lawyer of the Year, Trial Lawyers For Public Justice, 2005

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Education:

Columbia Law School, New York, New York
J.D.
Honors: Thomas G. Sherman Scholar, 7th Circuit, AILE Selectee

Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
B.A.
Honors: Mortar Board Nat'l Honor Society, Dean's List, Grinnell Honor Scholarship

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Professional Associations and Memberships:

Strong Coffee Literary Journal, 1990 - 1997
Publisher

Scenes Coffee House & Drama Bookstore, 1986 - 1997
Owner-Manager

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Past Employment Positions:

Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd, Of Counsel, 1996 - 2005
Callaghan & Company, Associate Editor, 1989 - 1990 Scenes, Inc., President, 1986 - 1997
Law Offices, Thomas F. Asch, Principal, 1986 - 1989
Rose M. Urban & Associates, Senior Associate, 1984 - 1986
Fred Lane (Lawyer's Post-Graduate Clinic), Senior Editor/Researcher, 1984
Law Offices, Keith Louis West, Associate, 1981 - 1983
Chadwell, Kayser, Ruggles, Mcgee & Hastings, Summer Associate, 1980

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Birth Information:

1957, Illinois, United States of America

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Charles Barnhill Jr.