C. THOMAS HICKS, III serves of counsel to DiMuroGinsberg with the benefit of nearly thirty years business practice experience in Northern Virginia. Mr. Hicks represents clients in all legal aspects of general business contracts and transactions including organization, management, reorganization, acquisition, sale and merger of business entities; debt financing; venture capital and private equity financing; employment, executive compensation and wealth planning; estates and trusts and commercial and real estate, among other areas. His clients have ranged from emerging technology companies and government contractors to lending institutions and real estate development firms. His work with technology companies has included capital formation with venture capital financing, private placements of equity and debt, and other sources of capital and debt, as well as assistance with technology transfers, joint ventures and service contracts. He has advised and assisted commercial real estate clients in all aspects of their legal needs, including acquisitions, finance, sales, leasing and land use. He has also represented lenders, builders and commercial real estate developers in loan workouts and restructuring and bankruptcy. Mr. Hicks served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

Education:

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, B.S.C.E., 1967

University of Georgia, J.D., 1970

Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., Taxation, 1975

Membership & Activities:

• Admitted to the Bars of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the District of Columbia and the State of Georgia. Mr. Hicks also is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Virginia, the Supreme Court of Georgia, the Court of Appeals of Georgia, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia, the U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. Court of Military Appeals.
  
• Board and Executive Committee Member, past General Counsel, past Chair of the Government Affairs Committee, and past Co-Chair of the Finance Committee of the Northern Virginia Technology Council
  
• Board Member and President (1990) of the Northern Virginia Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)
  
• Founder, first President and a Board Member of the Virginia Association for Commercial Real Estate (VACRE)
• Past General Counsel and Advisory Board member of the Draper Atlantic Venture Fund
  
• Co-Chair of Virginia Governor Gilmore’s Venture Capital Roundtable (1999-2001)
  
• Executive Committee Member, Vice President, and General Counsel of the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance
  
• Chairman, Virginia State Bar Business Law Section Board of Governors (1997-1999)
  
• Chair of the Virginia Bar Association Business Law Council (2003-2004)
  
• Board Member of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, D.C.
  
• Former General Counsel to the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts

Honors & Awards:

• A Legal Elite in Business Law, Virginia Business Magazine (2001)
  
• Virginia edition of Best Lawyers in America, Corporate and Real Estate Law (1995-2006)
  

Publications:

• Author, Choosing a Virginia Business Entity, Virginia Law Foundation
• Coauthor, Limited Liability Companies in Virginia, Virginia Law Foundation