Darryl Tom received his J.D. from Northwestern School of Law in 1995, where he was Note and Comment Editor for the Journal of International Law and Business. He received an A.B. in Economics from Cornell University in 1992. Mr. Tom has served as co-bond counsel, issuer's counsel, and underwriters counsel on municipal finance transactions for the State of Illinois, the City of Chicago, the Chicago Board of Education, the Chicago Park District, Chicago Board of Education, and the Chicago Transit Authority. As underwriters’ counsel, he has prepared documents such as opinion letters, bond purchase agreements, agreements among underwriters, blue sky surveys, and official statements. As co-bond counsel, he has prepared authorizing resolutions, indentures, and various closing certificates and opinions.

Mr. Tom also has experience in the areas of products liability, consumer fraud, insurance fraud, corporate transactional disputes, marine/surface transportation litigation, construction litigation, and subrogation. He has managed a variety of cases from inception through discovery, to trial and appeal. Previously, Mr. Tom was a founding partner of Burris, Wright, Slaughter & Tom, LLC.

Mr. Tom was named a 2009 Business Leader of Color by Chicago United and was also a Leadership Greater Chicago fellow from 1999-2000. Mr. Tom is past president of the Chinese American Bar Association, and he has been heavily involved in the local Asian community. He serves as director of the Asian American Alliance, Vice President, and director of the Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, as director of the Chinese American Service League, and past executive vice-president of the Organization of Chinese Americans Chicago Chapter. Mr. Tom is also a board member of Erie Family Health Center.

Mr. Tom is licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois, and he has been admitted to the trial bar of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. CORPORATE & TRANSACTIONAL, PUBLIC FINANCE, AND COMMERCIAL LITIGATION