Thomas J. Bacon represents clients in family law and broad-based commercial litigation. He has first chair experience from intake through trial in substantive areas such as: divorce, shareholder derivative actions, restrictive employment covenants, breach of contract suits, commercial real estate disputes, and antitrust.

While still in law school, he served as a staff editor with the John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law, which published his article, Caveat Bibliotheca: The First Sale Doctrine and the Future of Libraries after Costco v. Omega, 11 J. MARSHALL REV. INTELL. PROP. L. 414 (2011).  Additionally, he served as the Moot Court Program’s Chief Justice and competed nationally in several student law events.

He is currently admitted to practice in Illinois, as well as before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Mr. Bacon became a member of the Northern District of Illinois Federal Trial Bar in 2014.

Areas of Practice

• Family Law
• Child Support
• Custody & Visitation
• Divorce
• Antitrust
• Health & Health Care Law

Litigation Percentage

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 2012
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 2012
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2013
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar, 2014

Education

• John Marshall Law School
  • J.D. cum laude – 2012
  • Law Review: RIPL, Staff Editor, 2010 – 2012
• Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
  • B.A. – 2009
  • Honors: Dean’s List
  • Major: English and History
  • Major: Classics and Philosophy

Published Works

• Caveat Bibliotheca: The First Sale Doctrine and the Future of Libraries after Costco v. Omega II, J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L., 414, 2012

Honors and Awards

• Phi Delta Phi Inductee, 2010 – Present

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Chicago Bar Association, Member, 2009 – Present
• Illinois State Bar Association, Member, 2009 – Present

Fraternities/Sororities

• Eta Sigma Phi