Tom Judge is a Member in Dykema's Washington D.C. office and serves as Co-Director of the Firm's Insurance Industry Practice Group. Tom has more than 25 years’ experience analyzing and litigating insurance coverage and bad faith claims. He represents numerous insurance companies on a national basis often handling their most sensitive, complex and large exposure/strategic matters. First and foremost, Tom is a litigator, obtaining exceptional results for clients in court (trial and appellate), arbitration, and mediation. As reported by Chambers USA, Tom is a “‘results-driven attorney who does an amazing job on settlement and litigation.’”

Tom specializes in professional liability matters, addressing claims against corporate managers, financial institutions, investment advisors, health care companies, technology companies, attorneys, accountants, insurance brokers, and real estate agents amongst others. As monitoring counsel, Tom assists defense counsel in developing strategies for the most efficient resolution of claims and in preparing the highest quality pleadings and motion papers. Defending high-exposure bad faith cases, Tom’s experience crosses all lines of insurance, including general liability, municipal liability, auto/trucking, and property. Tom also directly represents and defends professionals, including directors, officers, lawyers, accountants, and brokers.

Prior to joining Dykema, Tom was a partner with the boutique insurance coverage firm of Loss, Judge & Ward, LLP, and before that he was a partner with Ross, Dixon & Bell, LLP (now Troutman Sanders).

Bar Admissions

Maryland

District of Columbia

Education
George Washington University, J.D., with high honors, 1995

• Order of the Coif 

United States Naval Academy, B.S., 1986

• All Stop: Ruling on the Applicability of Exclusion to BIPA Claims Delayed

  By Thomas Judge |March 2019

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Insurance Coverage Notes and Developments provides legal insight on topics of special interest to insurance industry professionals. Covering a wide range of industries, Dykema’s Insurance Coverage Notes and Developments blog provides brief but substantive alerts, including updates and analysis on significant developments and trends in the insurance industry.