Tom Knox is a partner at Shaw Pittman LLP, a Washington, D.C. law firm. He advises technology companies of all sizes on corporate and finance matters and on technology creation, use, exploitation, marketing and disposition matters.

In the technology field, he counsels clients on intellectual property development, licensing and protection issues; electronic commerce, outsourcing, complex systems procurement, strategic alliance and teaming arrangements; consulting and services agreements; distributor and dealer arrangements; telecommunications services agreements; and the management and disposition of intellectual property portfolios.

In the corporate and finance arena, Tom advises clients on entity formation; venture capital, private placement and other kinds of financing; mergers and acquisitions; purchases and sales of assets; and strategic transactions and joint ventures.

Tom has served as an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and has been a speaker on various topics relating to technology law and emerging companies.
He earned his BA from Middlebury College in 1984, and is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School.