Charles E. Tompkins

Education

  • Colgate University, BA, 1992 - magna cum laude
  • University of Virginia Law School, JD, 1997

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ctompkins@shulaw.com
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Mr. Tompkins is a 1992 graduate, magna cum laude, of Colgate University, and a 1997 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law. After graduation, Mr. Tompkins worked at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP, where he litigated complex employment actions on behalf of national employers. In 1999, Mr. Tompkins joined Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C, where he was elected partner in 2006. During his time at Cohen Milstein, Mr. Tompkins participated in the litigation of dozens of complex antitrust and employment class actions, including several antitrust actions that settled on the eve of trial following significant discovery, and several of the largest antitrust actions litigated in over the past decade. Mr. Tompkins has served as lead counsel in antitrust and employment actions across the country. Mr. Tompkins joined Shapiro Haber & Urmy in 2009. Mr. Tompkins is the author of "Innovation Economics and the Law: The Health Care Industry's Exposure to Antitrust Liability," Program Paper for the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law Health Care and Pharmaceuticals Spring Meeting Program: Monopsony in Health Care, 2007 and "Damage Issues in Fair Labor Standards Act Collective Action Litigation" in the Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, published by Workplace Fairness and the Institute for Law and the Workplace, 2006.