Tom Pryor

Associate

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Overview

Tom Pryor helps individual and corporate clients on a range of matters, including resolving complex litigation disputes, navigating administrative proceedings and pursuing appeals.

Past Experience

Tom returned to Faegre Baker Daniels in 2019 after completing a judicial clerkship in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Before attending law school, he worked for the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning in Philadelphia and for the Corporate Executive Board in Washington, D.C. Tom also has a Ph.D. in political science, where his studies focused on the judiciary, legal decision making and empirical research methods. He has taught courses on American politics, constitutional law and the Supreme Court.

Faculty Positions

Macalester College — Visiting Professor, 2017
St. Catherine University — Visiting Professor, 2016-17
University of Minnesota — Instructor, 2013 & 2016
Augsburg College —Instructor, 2016

Services & Industries

Litigation Commercial Disputes Appellate

Credentials

Bar Admissions

Minnesota

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Clerkships

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Hon. David Stras, 2018-2019

Education

University of Minnesota Law School
J.D. summa cum laude, Minnesota Law Review (symposium articles editor) (2013)

Carleton College
B.A. in Political Science, magna cum laude (2005)

University of Minnesota
Ph.D. in Political Science (2016)

Insights & Events

Other Perspectives

Promise and Pitfalls: The Brain and Legal Decision Making
Speaker, MinnCLE, February 2018
From the Lab to the Law: The Potential Applications for Neuroscience in the Law
Speaker, MinnCLE, October 2017
Using Citations to Measure Influence on the Supreme Court
Author, American Politics Research, 2017
Oral Arguments at the Supreme Court
Co-author, Routledge Handbook of Judicial Politics, 2017
The Psychology of Legal Decision Making
University of Minnesota Dissertation, 2016
How Many Cases Will the Supreme Court Put Off Till Next Term? Maybe None
Co-author, Washington Post, March 25, 2016
Turner v. Rogers, the Right to Counsel, and the Deficiencies of Mathews v. Eldridge
97 Minnesota Law Review 1854, 2013

Honors

Faegre Drinker — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2020