Background
Sweeney, Thomas P. was born on September 26, 1936 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
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Thomas P. Sweeney
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University of Utah (Bachelor of Science, 1957). University of Denver (Bachelor of Laws, 1960). New York University (Master of Laws, Taxation, 1962).
Career
Worked at Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (Wilmington, Delaware) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1961, Colorado. 1963, Missouri; 1967, Delaware.
Phi Delta Phi; Beta Gamma Sigma. Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. The Colorado, Delaware State (Chairman, Decedents, Estates and Trust Committee, 1971-1973.
Chairman, Tax Section, 1988-1989) and American (Chairman, Committee on Income of Estates and Trusts, Taxation Section, 1979-1981. Vice Chairman, Committee on Government Submissions, Taxation Section, 1985-1987) Bar Associations. The Missouri Bar. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Member, Board of Regents, 1982-1994.
Treasurer, 1988-1989. Secretary, 1989-1990. Vice-President, 1990-1991.
President Elect, 1991-1992. President, 1992-1993. Immediate Past President, 1993-1994).
American College of Tax Counsel. American Law Institute. Richards, Layton & Finger, founded in the early 1900's, is Delaware's largest law firm with seventy-nine lawyers.
The firm has a full-service regional practice, as well as a national practice in the areas of corporate law and litigation, partnership law, limited liability company and business trust law, bankruptcy and complex financial transactions. The firm offers a wide range of professional services, including general civil practice in state and federal courts, all aspects of Delaware corporate law, partnership, limited liability company and business trust law, federal and state taxation, estate planning, estates and trusts, real estate, business law, banking law, bankruptcy law, labor law, intellectual property, environmental law, administrative law and governmental relations. Members of the firm are active in the academic, business, charitable and political communities.
Membership
Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. The Colorado, Delaware State (Chairman, Decedents, Estates and Trust Committee, 1971-1973. Chairman, Tax Section, 1988-1989) and American (Chairman, Committee on Income of Estates and Trusts, Taxation Section, 1979-1981.
Vice Chairman, Committee on Government Submissions, Taxation Section, 1985-1987) Bar Associations. The Missouri Bar; Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Member, Board of Regents, 1982-1994. Treasurer, 1988-1989.
Secretary, 1989-1990. Vice-President, 1990-1991. President Elect, 1991-1992.
President, 1992-1993. Immediate Past President, 1993-1994). American College of Tax Counsel.
American Law Institute.
