Mr. Maxson advises clients in several aspects of commercial law.  His areas of practice involve secured lending transactions and related litigation, including bankruptcy law, preference and fraudulent transfer actions, mortgage foreclosure, enforcement of judgments, contract litigation, collection matters, commercial lease disputes, and general corporate transactions.

Tom focuses his practice in:

• Secured lending transactions
  
• Enforcement of security interests and lien rights
• Bankruptcy
• Commercial lease disputes
• Real estate transactions
• Mechanics’ lien law
• Insurance disputes General litigation

Bar Admissions

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third and Sixth Circuits
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
• Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Education

• J.D. (cum laude, Order of the Coif, Law Review, Honors Legal Writing, Best Brief Award-Second Place Moot Court competition), University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1991
• B.A., Economics major, Religious Studies minor, Indiana University-Bloomington, 1988

Memberships

• Member, Allegheny County Bar Association Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Council
• Member, International Bankruptcy Association.

Seminars & Speeches

• Panelist for the ACBA Annual Bankruptcy Symposium

Publications

• Author, “Protection for Suppliers Under Bankruptcy Law Amendments,” The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly (March 6, 2006)

Prior Experience

• Intern, Honorable Gustave Diamond, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania