THOMAS G. GRACE

Mr. Grace graduated from Kenyon College (A.B., with Distinction, 1989) and DePaul University School of Law (J.D. 1992) where he was the Managing Editor of the Business Law Journal.  Before joining the Firm, he practiced with a business litigation boutique in Chicago and then in the Louisville, Kentucky office of a regional law firm. 

Mr. Grace’s practice is focused on trade secret and employee non-compete litigation.  He has represented a diverse group of publicly traded and closely held corporations in trade secret litigation, including companies engaged in drug discovery, trade show and corporation event production, internet advertising, software development, market research, energy brokerage, mortgage brokerage, banking, accounting, printing, paint manufacturing, and wholesale food distribution.  Mr. Grace regularly provides assistance to clients with the identification of company trade secrets and the development of appropriate protection plans, as well as pre-litigation advice to clients regarding potential risks associated with, and enforceability of, non-disclosure, non-solicitation, and non-compete agreements. 

Outside of the trade secret and non-compete area, Mr. Grace has substantial experience in complex commercial and business tort litigation where he has represented numerous publicly traded and closely held corporations in matters involving a variety of claims, including patent and trademark infringement, breach of contract, interference with contract and business relationships, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, conspiracy, and other claims of unfair competition and business torts. 

Mr. Grace is a regular speaker and author as part of his practice development:  Speaker:  ABA Corporate Counsel Seminar, Employee Raiding:  What To Do When the Pied Piper Pipes (Feb. 2007); Nevada Bar Association - Intellectual Property Section, Intellectual Property Law Update:  Injunctive Relief Strategies (November 2006); Louisville Bar Association, The Law of Unfair Competition and Related Intellectual Property Issues:  Covenants Not to Compete and Employee Disloyalty (May 2004); Louisville Bar Association, Trade Secret Protection (March 2004); ABA Corporate Counsel Seminar, When Your Key Employee and/or Trade Secrets Suddenly Leaves for Your Competitor:  Options and Strategies (February 2003); University of Kentucky Continuing Legal Education, Trade Secrets, Non-Competes and Unfair Competition (October 2001).  Author:  Red Rover, Red Rover Let My Competitor’s Employees Come Over:  Is Employee “Raiding” Its Own Cause of Action, Business Torts Journal, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Spring 2003). 

Mr. Grace is a member of the State Bar of Illinois (November 1992), the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar (October 1997), State Bar of Nevada (October 2006), and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (November 2006). 

Email -TGrace@nevadafirm.com