Tom Weaver has experience in commercial, product liability, insurance and eminent domain litigation in both state and federal courts in Missouri, Illinois and Kansas. He is Practice Group Leader of the Litigation Department’s Appellate practice area. Since joining Armstrong Teasdale, Tom has participated in over 125 appeals and has argued over 80 times in state and federal appellate courts. He has appeared before the Supreme Court of Missouri, the Missouri Court of Appeals, the Illinois Court of Appeals, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Eighth, Seventh, Fourth, Tenth, and D.C. Circuits. He is a member of the bars of Missouri and Illinois.
In 1999, Tom was elected as a fellow in The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and was appointed by the Supreme Court of Missouri to a five-year term as a member of the Missouri Board of Law Examiners. In 2004, he was reappointed to an additional six-year term on the Missouri Board of Law Examiners and in October of 2006 began serving a two-year term as president of the Board. Tom was President of the Eighth Circuit Bar Association in 2007.