Antitrust Law Bet-the-Company Litigation Commercial Litigation Litigation - Antitrust Litigation - Intellectual Property
Thomas L. "Tom" Boeder
Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Tom Boeder has more than 25 years' experience as a commercial litigator. His practice includes cases involving antitrust, antitrust clearance for mergers and acquisitions, class actions, consumer product liability and consumer protection litigation, and intellectual property litigation. A former deputy attorney general and chief of Antitrust, Consumer Protection and Criminal Law Enforcement in the Washington State Attorney General's Office, Tom has worked on a number of significant cases over the years, including the merger of The Boeing Company and McDonnell Douglas Corporation and the Louisiana-Pacific OSB Siding Litigation. His representative clients include The Boeing Company, Outerwall Inc., Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Systems, Starbucks Corporation and Weyerhaeuser Company.
Overview
- Yale University, J.D., graduated 1968
- Yale University, BA
- Washington, Washington State Bar Association
- American Bar Association - Member
- Washington State Bar Association - Member
- Washington, Washington State Bar Association
- American Bar Association - Member
- Washington State Bar Association - Member
- Yale University, J.D., graduated 1968
- Yale University, BA
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Litigation - Antitrust, Seattle (2025)
- Litigation - Antitrust, Seattle (2019)
- Litigation - Antitrust, Seattle (2017)
- Litigation - Antitrust, Seattle (2013)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Antitrust Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Antitrust
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Consumer Protection Law
Special Focus:
- Antitrust
- Antitrust/IP Intersection
- Arbitration and Mediation
- Civil Litigation
- Class Actions
- Complex Litigation
- Consumer
- Contract Disputes
- Counseling
- False Advertising
- Litigation
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Trade Regulation
Awards:
- Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell
- Listed in Washington Law & Politics, "Washington's Super Lawyers," 2001 - 2013
- Ranked by Chambers USA, in "America’s Leading Commercial Litigation Lawyers," 2010 - present
News & Media
Case History
Cases
- Other Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
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