Attorney Thomas G. French recently joined the Chicago office of Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and most accomplished full-service law firms.

A member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group, French represents clients in state and federal courts in complex disputes involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, restrictive covenants, business divorces, environmental disputes, bid contests, debarment proceedings, banking, commercial torts, and employment disputes. He has also conducted several internal investigations on behalf of his clients.

Admitted to practice in Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana, French’s clients range from Fortune 10 companies to family-owned businesses. He also has experience handling matters involving commercial law, real estate law, administrative law, environmental law, municipal liability and employment law.

French received his law degree from Indiana University – Maurer School of Law in 2016. While in law school, he worked as an extern at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property in Washington, D.C. He graduated, cum laude, from Miami University in 2011.

The members of Plunkett Cooney's Commercial Litigation Practice Group represent a range of clients in litigation, arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution concerning matters that arise while conducting business. Group members have extensive experience in matters involving contract disputes, class action defense, business torts, real estate disputes, business ownership conflicts, bankruptcy, antitrust claims, corporate compliance, tax and finance, commercial collections, commercial landlord tenant disputes, civil RICO, ERISA, intellectual property claims and many other areas.

Established in 1913, Plunkett Cooney is a leading provider of business law and litigation services to clients in the private and public sectors. The firm employs attorneys in seven Michigan cities, Chicago, Illinois; Columbus, Ohio; and Indianapolis, Indiana.

Plunkett Cooney has received the highest rating (AV) awarded by Martindale-Hubbell, a leading peer review service, and the firm was recently named among the Best Legacy Law Firms by Michigan Lawyers Weekly, a leading news publication covering the state’s legal industry.

For more information about Thomas French joining Plunkett Cooney’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group, contact the firm’s Director of Marketing and Business Development John Cornwell at (248) 901-4008; jcornwell@plunkettcooney.com.

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