Thomas A. Mauro is the senior member of the firm. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and educated at Georgetown University Law Center (J.D. 1973) and Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (B.S. Physics 1967). Admitted to Bar, District of Columbia; Maryland; He is admitted United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; and United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the District of Columbia and the District of Maryland.

Mr. Mauro was employed as a Patent Examiner by the United States Patent Office in Physics and Optics from 1970 1971. He was retained as Antitrust Consultant for the District of Columbia and drafted the District of Columbia Antitrust Act of 1978. He has testified before Congress on antitrust law and has conducted seminars on antitrust law for several industry associations.

Mr. Mauro began his career in litigation as Law Clerk to the Honorable Thomas A. Flannery, and as an Honors Program Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, where he helped initiate the Governments antitrust action against AT&T in 1974. Mr. Mauro has continued his career in complex litigation concentrating on intellectual property, government contracts and antitrust law in private practice in Washington, D.C.