Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr. is a partner and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Patton Boggs, LLP, a legal and public affairs firm. Mr. Boggs is the son of the late Hale Boggs, Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives and Member of Congress, 2nd District of Louisiana and Corinne Claiborne Boggs, Member of Congress, 2nd District of Louisiana.

The National Law Journal has ranked Mr. Boggs one of the top 100 lawyers in the United States every year since inception. Mr. Boggs represents clients on a broad range of legislative and regulatory matters by analyzing options and developing positions on issues for clients and presenting them in regulatory policy-making proceedings before state legislatures and agencies, the United States Congress and Executive branch departments, and foreign governments.

Mr. Boggs is credited with designing and securing Congressional approval of the $1.5 billion federal bailout of Chrysler Corporation, and his other clients include, among others, Newspaper Association of America, Mercedes-Benz, Sony Corporation, National Cable Television Association and Westinghouse. Throughout his career, Mr. Boggs has served in a variety of appointed positions including: the Presidential Commission on Executive Exchange from 1979-1981; a presidential delegate on the Trade Mission to the People’s Republic of China in May 1979; a member of the Charter Commission, Democratic National Committee in 1973; and a Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives, 8th District of Maryland in 1970.

His memberships include National Board of Directors, Congressional Award Foundation; Board of Directors, Suburban Mortgage Association Incorporated; Board of Trustees, University of Maryland Foundation; Board of Visitors, Duke University; Board of Trustees, Chesapeake Bay Trust; and Board of Directors, The Keystone Center. Mr. Boggs is a former member of the Board of Directors of Eastern Air Lines Incorporated, Washington BanCorporation, Chemfix Technologies, Inc. and the Board of Regents of Georgetown University.

Mr. Boggs received his A.B. from Georgetown University and his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University.