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Tommy Tobin is an Associate in Perkins Coie’s Seattle office, where his practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and class action matters involving statutory, constitutional, and regulatory issues in a range of industries, including cannabis and food and beverage. He recently edited the American Bar Association’s Food Law: A Practical Guide, a resource book for practitioners to assist them in meeting the unique needs of food and beverage clients across various domains of legal practice. He regularly writes articles on food law and policy issues and chairs the American Bar Association’s Food, Cosmetics and Nutraceuticals Committee. Tommy served as a law clerk to the Hon. Max O. Cogburn, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. He holds degrees from Stanford University, Harvard Law School, and the Harvard Kennedy School. While earning his J.D., he was active in the Harvard Food Law Society and worked as a teaching fellow in the Harvard Economics Department. , including links to presentations and publications, at the Perkins Coie website.

• Oct 04, 2023 | Source: CNN

  “We saw a record number of food litigation lawsuits filed from 2020 to 2023, with hundreds of new suits every year,”ºìÌÒÊÓƵ affiliate instructor Tommy Tobin, a lawyer at Perkins Coie and a lecturer at UCLA School of Law, recently told CNN. “Food litigation is a fast-growing area of law,” he added.

• Sep 24, 2023 | Source: CNN

  “We saw a record number of food litigation lawsuits filed from 2020 to 2023, with hundreds of new suits every year,” said ºìÌÒÊÓƵ affilaite instructor Tommy Tobin, a lawyer at Perkins Coie and Lecturer at UCLA Law, adding that “food litigation is a fast-growing area of law.”

• Apr 01, 2023 | Source: Everett Herald

  "In his State of the Union Address, President Biden reminded us that Americans spend more on prescription drugs than any other major country. ... Fortunately, Washington has a nation-leading program, the Prescription Drug Assistance Foundation (PDAF), to assist individuals in obtaining prescription drugs at little or no cost," co-writes Thomas Tobin, affiliate instructor of law at the UW.