Thomas R. Grady Primary Practice Areas: Securities Fraud Class Actions Complex Commercial Litigation Arbitration and Mediation

Education:
Duke University School of Law, J.D., with distinction, 1982
Florida State University, B.S., summa cum laude, 1979

E-mail: trgrady@gradylaw.com

Thomas R. Grady, Of Counsel to Ackerman, Link & Sartory, practices in the Naples office of ALS in the areas of securities fraud, class actions and complex commercial litigation.

Tom has received the 'AV' rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Florida, the U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh, Second, Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Circuits and in the U.S. District Courts for the Middle District of Florida and the Eastern District of Michigan. In addition, he has been admitted to practice before numerous additional courts on a pro hac vice basis and is a member of the Florida Bar, the Collier County Bar Association and the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association. .

Tom is active in regulatory and professional activities and is a Public Member Emeritus for the Securities Industry Conference on Arbitration (SICA); Former Member, American Arbitration Association Securities Industry Advisory Committee; former Member, Advisory Committee to the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) Disclosure Reform Committee; Instructor, AAA, NYSE, ASE, NASD Arbitrator Training Programs; Course Instructor, Joint Florida Division of Securities and NASAA Broker Dealer Training Sessions; Panelist for various Practicing Law Institute, ABA, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR), Florida Department of Banking and Finance and other similar organizations. In addition, he serves as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association, the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, the NASD and the NYSE. Tom is certified as a Mediator by the Florida Supreme Court and is also an approved Mediator for the NASD.

Tom is also active in local events in Collier County and for several years served as the Co-Chair for the Governor’s Family Literacy Initiative Celebration of Reading and was the past Chairman for the Youth Development Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to advancing education. An alumnus of the 1990 class of Leadership Collier, Tom thereafter served on the Boards of the Collier County Education Foundation and Collier’s Reserve. He currently devotes time to the Boy Scouts of America, Southwest Florida Council; Project Innovation for the Economic Development Council of Collier County; and Safe Florida Foundation, Inc.

In 2008, Tom was elected to the Florida House of Representatives, representing a portion of Collier County. He is a Member of several Committees including Civil Justice & Court Policy; Economic Development Policy; and State and Community Colleges and Workforce Policy. He is also a Member of the Finance and Tax Council and continues as a member of the Republican Party of Florida’s Statewide Finance Team. Tom remains very active in community affairs, serving on Governor Crist’s and Attorney General Bill McCollum’s Transitions Teams in 2006-7.