C. Thomas Hicks, III

C. THOMAS HICKS, III serves of counsel to DiMuroGinsberg with the benefit of more than 30 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; wealth preservation; and commercial real estate, among other areas.

Mr. Hicks' clients include emerging technology companies and government contractors, as well as lending institutions and real estate development firms. His work with technology companies includes capital formation with venture capital financing and private placements of equity and debt, as well as providing assistance with technology transfers, joint ventures and service contracts.  He has advised and assisted commercial real estate clients in all aspects of their real estate development legal needs, including acquisitions, finance, sales, leasing and land use. He has also represented lenders, builders and commercial real estate developers in loan workouts, restructuring and bankruptcy.

Mr. Hicks served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

Areas of practice:

• Commercial and business transactions
• Commercial lending
• Commercial real estate
• Corporations and other business entities
• Corporate debt and capital finance
• Corporate governance
• Creditor's rights & bankruptcy
• Estate planning and wealth preservation
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Technology
• Venture capital

Admitted:

• 1970, Georgia
• 1975, Virginia
• 1981, District of Columbia

Education:

• LL.M., Tax, Georgetown University, 1975
• J.D., University of Georgia, 1970
• B.S.C.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1967

Membership:

• Virginia State Bar
  • Chair, Board of Governors, Business Law Section 1997-1999
• Virginia Bar Association
  • Chair, Business Law Council, 2003-2004
• Supreme Court of Virginia
• Supreme Court of Georgia
• Court of Appeals of Georgia
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. Tax Court
• U.S. Court of Military Appeals

Honors and awards:

• Phi Kappi Phi
• Tau Beta Pi
• Alpha Psi Omega (Academic Scholarship Recipient, University of Georgia)
• Phi Alpha Delta Scholarship Recipient (1968-1970), and Chapter President 1969-1970, (University of Georgia).
• Recipient, 1969, First Prize, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Will Drafting Contest, Among Georgia Law Schools.
• Awarded Navy Achievement Medal upon release from United States Marine Corps Active Duty
• Faculty Member, Virginia State Bar's Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Course

Publications & speaking:

• Editor-in-Chief, Georgia Advocate, University of Georgia, 1968-1970.
• Author: "Choosing a Virginia Business Entity," a Virginia Practice Handbook, Virginia Law Foundation.
• Co-Author: "Limited Liability Companies in Virginia," a Virginia Practice Handbook, Virginia Law Foundation.
• Frequent Speaker, Virginia Law Foundation Continuing Legal Education Programs, 1976-2002.

Business & community activities:

• Former Board Member and President (1990), Northern Virginia Chapter, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties.
• Former Board Member and General Counsel, Northern Virginia Technology Council, 1999-2001
• Former Board Member, Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce
• Founder, First President and Former Board Member of the Virginia Association for Commercial Real Estate
• Former Executive Committee Member, Vice President, and General Counsel of the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance
• Former Board Member of the Boys and GIrls Clubs of Greater Washington, D.C.
• Former General Counsel, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, 1998-2001.
• Former General Counsel and Advisory Board Member of the Draper Atlantic Venture Fund
• Former co-chair Virginia Governor's Venture Capital Roundtable (1999-2001)

Distinctions & recognition:

• Included in the Virginia edition of "Best Lawyers in America" (1995-2006)
• Included in Virginia Business Magazine's "Legal Elite" (2001)