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Managing partner of King & Spalding’s Dallas office and the firm’s global head of trial, Tom Melsheimer brings his extensive experience advising on a broad range of civil litigation work, including patent disputes and negligence and liability claims. He represented Ruel Hamilton, a Dallas-based real estate developer who was facing bribery and conspiracy charges, and successfully appealed in the Fifth Circuit, securing his acquittal on all counts. Furthermore, he defended Medtronic against a patent litigation case brought by TMT Systems relating to heart stents, which initially ended in a hung jury before being settled favorably and ruled as a judgment of non-infringement by Medtronic.
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Tom Melsheimer is the firm’s Global Head of Trial and serves as the Managing Partner of the Dallas office. Tom is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and he is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Mr. Melsheimer tries lawsuits in state and federal courts before both judges and juries and involving civil claims and criminal charges. On the civil side, he has tried to verdict cases involving commercial, business tort, fraud, product liability, mass tort, securities, antitrust, patent infringement, trade secrets, and qui tam/FCA claims. On the criminal side, he has tried to verdict cases involving healthcare fraud, bank fraud, public corruption, copyright infringement, aggravated sexual assault, and kidnapping. Tom’s jury trials include successfully representing plaintiffs and defendants all over the U.S. and throughout Texas.
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