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Oliver Peter Thoma represents life sciences, energy, and healthcare companies in mass torts, climate change litigation, commercial litigation, and state attorneys general litigation. Oliver understands the importance of seeing litigation strategy through the lens of a company’s overall business strategy, which he has learned through his leadership roles within national counsel teams for complex mass tort litigation and state attorneys general litigation in federal and state courts.
Oliver has experience litigating all phases of individual, multidistrict, and mass tort cases, as well as serving as coordinating and strategic counsel in connection with large dockets of cases at both the federal and state levels. He has experience in preparing and defending company executives on key safety, regulatory, and scientific issues for sworn testimony. He has experience in preparing and defending experts and developing scientific and medical defenses in products liability and environmental contamination cases, as well as successful expert challenges to exclude opposing experts. He has experience developing and negotiating cost-effective case resolution strategies for individual and mass tort cases, as well as litigation risk assessment.
In 2019, Oliver was selected as 1 of 100 attorneys nationwide to participate in the International Association of Defense Counsel’s 2019 Trial Academy at Stanford University.
While in law school, Oliver was the senior executive editor for the Baylor Law Review. He was on the National Security Law Moot Court Team and a member of the Baylor Barristers Society. While in college, Oliver interned at the U.K. Parliament and participated in the George H. W. Bush China-US relations conference. He was also a Presidential Fellow at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress from 2010 to 2011, and he continues to mentor current Presidential Fellows on their research papers.
Publications
J.D., Baylor University School of Law, Dean's List, magna cum laude
B.A. Political Science, Texas A&M University, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Supreme Court of the United States
Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
American Enterprise Institute Leadership Network
Federalist Society
Institute for Energy Law - Young Energy Professional
U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society
August 2, 2021
Tracie Renfroe and Oliver Thoma represent Motiva Enterprises in a climate change tort suit brought by the Rhode Island attorney general
Representing Janssen Pharmaceuticals as part of the team serving as National Coordinating and Trial Counsel in a litigation alleging that its medication Elmiron causes retinal degeneration.
Representing Motiva Enterprises LLC as National Coordinating Counsel in nationwide climate change litigation brought by state attorneys general.
Representing Afghan refugees seeking asylum after August 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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December 27, 2022
States are riding the coattails of federal government environment policies
July 11, 2022
The Widening Circuit Split On State Court Climate Claims
January 13, 2022
EPA’s Draft Strategic Plan Emphasizes Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change
August 2, 2021
Tracie Renfroe and Oliver Thoma represent Motiva Enterprises in a climate change tort suit brought by the Rhode Island attorney general
Representing Janssen Pharmaceuticals as part of the team serving as National Coordinating and Trial Counsel in a litigation alleging that its medication Elmiron causes retinal degeneration.
Representing Motiva Enterprises LLC as National Coordinating Counsel in nationwide climate change litigation brought by state attorneys general.
Representing Afghan refugees seeking asylum after August 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
See more
December 27, 2022
States are riding the coattails of federal government environment policies
July 11, 2022
The Widening Circuit Split On State Court Climate Claims
January 13, 2022
EPA’s Draft Strategic Plan Emphasizes Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change
August 2, 2021
Tracie Renfroe and Oliver Thoma represent Motiva Enterprises in a climate change tort suit brought by the Rhode Island attorney general
J.D., Baylor University School of Law, Dean's List, magna cum laude
B.A. Political Science, Texas A&M University, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Supreme Court of the United States
Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
American Enterprise Institute Leadership Network
Federalist Society
Institute for Energy Law - Young Energy Professional
U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society