Thomas focuses his intellectual property practice on trademark, entertainment, litigation and e-commerce issues. He advises and counsels entrepreneurs and businesses from a variety of industries at each stage of their life cycle, including business formation, capital raising, intellectual property protection, licensing, regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, risk management and litigation, supply chain, and day-to-day business issues.
As a member of the firm’s Transportation & Logistics Group, Thomas also devotes a significant portion of his practice to representing international and domestic carriers, freight forwarders, transportation brokers, warehousemen and commercial shippers, in a wide variety of matters.
Thomas handles a diverse range of matters for not-for-profit entities, helping them meet their desired goals and achieve their respective missions.
Representative Experience
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Represented Cresco Labs, one of the largest vertically integrated multistate cannabis operators in the United States, in obtaining a provisional processing license by the state of Ohio. The License allows Cresco to extract oils and manufacture products from cannabis which provides Cresco the ability to sell its entire House of Brands in Ohio. Benesch represented Cresco throughout the licensing process and assisted Cresco in becoming a vertically integrated operator in the State of Ohio.
- Successfully represented five charitable beneficiaries in terminating a Trust because the costs to keep the Trust outweighed the income it produced. The Court ruled in favor of the five charitable beneficiaries and granted our clients the entire amount.
