DE222 Honoree: Thomas McGonigle – Delaware Business Times [Video]

Title: Partner

Workplace: Barnes & Thornburg

Alma Maters: Division School of Law at Pennsylvania State University, Elizabethtown College

Boards: Delaware Stadium Corporation, Administrative Law Improvement Task Force, Delaware State Bar Association, Court Modernization Review Committee

As a former Delaware deputy attorney general, chief legal counsel and policy director to then-Gov. Tom Carper and chief of staff to then-Gov. Jack Markell, Tom McGonigle has been at the heart of First State law and politics for decades. Today, he serves as partner in charge of Barnes & Thornburg Wilmington office and represents governmental entities and private sector clients in complex commercial litigation, related transactions and regulatory matters before state courts and governmental boards. McGonigle notably worked with the Diamond State Port Corp. in drafting the new concurrence agreement with Port of Wilmington operator Enstructure this year.