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Tom McPherson

Salt Lake City, UT16 years experience

About Tom McPherson

Tom McPherson is an attorney at The Advocates Injury Attorneys, specializing in personal injury litigation. He has more than 16 years of legal experience, including eight years as an Assistant District Attorney at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, where he tried over 40 felony cases to verdict, and additional years as in-house counsel for Allstate (Philadelphia) and State Farm (Seattle), trying more than 50 civil jury trials.

McPherson earned his Juris Doctor from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Villanova University. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and the Washington State Association for Justice.

Practice areas

Education

Villanova University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Washington
State Bar of Pennsylvania
American Board of Trial Advocates
Washington State Association for Justice

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Salt Lake City firms

Parker & McConkie Personal Injury Lawyers
Parker & McConkie Personal Injury Lawyers
$52.2 million · $52.2 Million Wrongful Death Verdict for the Family of Slain Polygamist Leader Rulon Allred
Christensen & Jensen, P.C.
Christensen & Jensen, P.C.
$4 million (as modified on appeal; $5 million gross jury award) · Her Children Agreed to Withdraw Life Support Because the Doctors Told Them She Was Terminal. She Was Not, and She Would Probably Have Recovered.
Cutt Kendell & Olson
Cutt Kendell & Olson
$3 million · His Mother Called 911 for Help Getting Him to a Hospital. An Officer Fired Eleven Shots at the Unarmed 13-Year-Old, and Salt Lake City Paid $3 Million.
Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas
Dewsnup King Olsen Worel Havas
$16,000,000 default judgment ($4,000,000 compensatory plus $12,000,000 punitive) · She Was 14 When Warren Jeffs Married Her to Her 19-Year-Old Cousin Over Her Objections. Twelve Years After She Sued, a Utah Judge Entered $16 Million Against Him and His Church.
Kesler & Rust
Kesler & Rust
$15,007,508.45 (verdict; on appeal in the Tenth Circuit) · Her Father Called for Help With Her Addiction. She Died of Dehydration in the Jail, and the Physician Assistant Did Not Come Until She Had Been Dead Twelve Hours.