Pryor Cashman LLP

Commercial Disputes

Partner

Thomas H. Vidal is a partner at Pryor Cashman LLP and a seasoned first-chair trial lawyer with more than 25 years of high-stakes, fact-intensive litigation experience nationwide. A plaintiff-focused, trial-driven advocate, Tom represents founders, creators, investors, and high-net-worth individuals in complex business, fraud, and IP-driven disputes where money, control, and reputation are on the line.

Tom is frequently engaged when disputes become contested and trial-bound — particularly where cases involve ownership and governance conflicts, break-ups of business relationships, misappropriation of intellectual property assets, and reputational harm. He is often asked to assume lead trial counsel responsibility in cases approaching trial, bringing a disciplined narrative focus and deep strategic judgment to every matter.

While widely recognized for his work in entertainment and media disputes, Tom’s practice extends across corporate, financial, and technology conflicts. His clients include entrepreneurs, founders, CEOs, investors, creators, and high-net-worth individuals whose interests require bold advocacy and meticulous preparation.

Tom has secured significant outcomes for clients in courts from coast to coast, including multimillion-dollar verdicts and favorable trial victories. Clients describe him as “incredibly experienced,” “always out ahead of the other side,” and their “first choice” when the stakes are highest.

Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., 1999) University of Colorado Boulder (B.A., 1996)

Outside the office, Tom is a competitive distance runner and former U.S. Masters swimmer. He is a former Editorial Board Member of Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine, served as co-chair of the Beverly Hills Bar Association’s Litigation Section, and was the Barrister President of the Beverly Hills Bar Association.