Thomas Windom is a first-chair trial lawyer, seasoned litigator, and creative problem solver. For two decades, Mr. Windom has prosecuted and defended criminal and civil cases in federal and state courts. In the Department of Justice, where he served for 12 years, Mr. Windom took on some of the nation’s most complex cases. As a federal prosecutor, he tried 12 felony cases to jury verdict and briefed over 20 appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Mr. Windom most recently served as Senior Assistant Special Counsel in the office of Special Counsel Jack Smith, where he co-led the investigation into efforts to interfere with the lawful transfer of power following the 2020 presidential election, which resulted in the indictment of a then-former President of the United States. In that position, he examined Executive Branch and other witnesses in interviews and before the grand jury. He spent most of his time in the Department as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland, including as Chief of that office’s Southern Division, where he prosecuted crimes involving serious financial fraud, cybercrime, public corruption, national security, terrorism, and espionage. Prior to his government service, Mr. Windom spent six years as a litigation associate at Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, D.C. Mr. Windom also has taught Trial Practice as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center. He is a member of the Edward Bennett Williams American Inn of Court.