Meet The Author

Tom Bleakley spent forty-plus years as a trial lawyer specializing in handling pharmaceutical cases against Big Pharma, and his novels are inspired by true events of his most memorable litigation experiences. He served as lead litigation counsel in Cleocin, Bendectin, latex glove multidistrict litigation, and as perennial co-chair of the Birth Defect Litigation Group of the American Trial Lawyers Association. Before he began practicing law, Tom spent seven years in the pharmaceutical industry, co-authored a two-volume textbook, A Teaching Program in Psychiatry, and designed and implemented a treatment regimen for substance abuse offenders during a three-year stint as the Director of Substance Abuse Services for the Michigan Department of Corrections. He now shares his writing time with litigating pro bono on behalf of Detroit public school children in various actions seeking improved educational experiences. He is an avid supporter of a recently established literacy program in that city. He is a snowbird and plays tuba in several concert bands in Florida and Michigan where he resides with Mary Ellen, his wife of nearly sixty years. The couple have three wonderful daughters and eight fantastic grandchildren now scattered coast-to-coast.

Tom Bleakley