Thomas Hyde

Biography

Thomas Newcomb Hyde is a 1967 graduate of the Seminary of St. Vincent De Paul in Boynton Beach, Florida. He received his Master of Education from South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, South Carolina in 1969. He was a teacher on the elementary and secondary level for four years. He also taught at Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida.

In 1974, Mr. Hyde received his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law, where he completed an internship as a prosecutor in the Miami Dade County State Attorneys office. He joined Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in 1975 and began working as a trial attorney at the Miami legal office. After ten years of trying lawsuits in Miami, he was named Resident Attorney opening up a new legal office in Tampa in 1986. He became the Director of Training for the Legal Department for Liberty Mutual, as well as Division General Attorney for the Southern Region in 1992.

Since 1985, Mr. Hyde has been responsible for the design, development and implementation of Liberty Mutual’s Attorney Development Program. Through this program, Mr. Hyde has presented training conferences and seminars in trial advocacy, expert witness testimony, deposition and discovery, workers compensation advocacy, attorney management, attorney anti-fraud advocacy, subrogation, marketing legal services, negotiations and mediation, bad faith law, attorney leadership, and legal ethics to lawyers throughout the United States.

Mr. Hyde has served as an Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association, the Better Business Bureau, and the Florida Attorney General’s Office. He was appointed National Director of Legal Training for Liberty Mutual in 1999. He has served on the Ethics Committee of the Legal Department since 2003.

Employment Positions Held: Trial Attorney 1975 -1986 (Miami, Florida) Managing Attorney 1986 – 1999 (Tampa, Florida) Regional General Attorney 1992 -1999 (Tampa, Florida) National Director of Legal Training 1999 – present (Tampa, Florida)

Other Assignments: Liberty Mutual Liaison to National Bar Association Corporate Counsel Section 1989 – 1998 Liberty Mutual Southern Region Diversity Committee Legal Department Diversity Steering Committee (Co-Chair) 1994 – 1998 Legal Department Ethics Committee 2003 - present

Areas of Practice: Automobile Liability Premises Liability Insurance Defense Litigation Teaching Trial Advocacy Arbitrations and Mediations

Bar Admissions: Florida, 1975 United States District Court Southern District of Florida, 1975 United States District Court Middle District of Florida, 2006 United States Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1977 United States Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1981 Supreme Court of the United States, 1981

Education: University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, Juris Doctor, 1974 South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, Master of Education, 1969 Seminary of Saint Vincent De Paul, Boynton Beach, Florida, Bachelor of Arts, 1967

Casebook and Published Articles: “Joseph Warren vs. Meridian Construction Company and Mutual of America Insurance Company”, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, 2001. This casebook was used for Liberty Mutual’s Workers Compensation Advocacy Conference from 2001 to 2003.

“Effective Expert Testimony for Vocational Professionals Testifying as an Expert Witness”, The Rehabilitation Professional, The International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, Vol. 14, No. 1, January 2006.

“Developing a Culture of Learning for Corporate Counsel”, Lawyer, The Hillsborough County Bar Association, Vol. 18, No. 6, March 2008.

“Conflicts of Interest: Removing Disqualification by Screening”, Lawyer, The Hillsborough County Bar Association, Vol. 20, No. 2, October 2009.

Conferences and Seminars Taught: “Attorney Training Conference”, Interlaken Inn & Conference Center, Lakeville, Connecticut 1985 – 2007 (39)

“Advanced Advocacy Training Conference”, Babson Executive Education Center, Wellesley, Massachusetts 1990 – 2006 (18)

“Deposition & Discovery Training Conference”, The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe, Rancho Santa Fe, California 1999 – 2000 (2)

“Workers Compensation Advocacy Training Conference”, Westwood Conference Center, Wausau, Wisconsin 2001 – 2003 (3)

“Attorney Management Training Conference”, Liberty Conference Center, Boston, Massachusetts 1999 – 2005 (6)

“Attorney Anti-Fraud Academy”, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Endicott House, Dedham, Massachusetts 2002, 2006, 2008 (3)

“Subrogation Advocacy Summit”, Babson Executive Education Center, Wellesley, Massachusetts 2005 (1)

“Marketing Legal Services Training”, Boston Radisson Hotel, Boston Massachusetts 2005 (1)

“Negotiations and Mediation Training Seminar”, California, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Oregon and Wisconsin 2006 – 2008 (8)

“Bad Faith Law in Florida Seminar”, Boca Raton, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, and Tampa, Florida 2006 – 2007 (7)

“Deposition & Negotiations Training Seminar”, Courtyard by Marriott San Diego – Old Town, San Diego, California 2007 (1)

“Attorney Leadership Training Seminar”, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Orlando, Florida 2007 – 2008 (2)

“Legal Ethics for Paralegals Training Seminar”, Radisson Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts 2008 (1)

“Legal Ethics Training Seminar”, live interactive web seminars to legal offices in California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, and Texas 2008 - 2009 (8)

“Analyzing the Legal System – The Litigation Process”, Boston, Massachusetts; Burlington, Vermont; and Dover, New Hampshire. 2008 – 2009 (5)

“Challenges of Change Seminar”, Boston Radisson Hotel, Boston Massachusetts 2009 (1)

“Legal Ethics for Support Staff Seminar”, Boston, Massachusetts, and via web seminar to New Jersey, Seattle and Washington, D. C. 2009 (3)

“Legal Ethics and the New Rules of Professional Conduct Seminar”, live and interactive web seminars to legal offices in Albany, Buffalo, Hauppauge, Mineola, New York and White Plains, New York 2009 (2)

“Avoiding Legal and Ethical Pitfalls Seminar” Miami, Boca Raton, Jacksonville, Orlando and Ft. Myers, Florida 2009 (5)

“Legal Ethics for Corporate Attorneys Seminar” Boston, Massachusetts 2009 (3)

Speaking Engagements: “Exploring Business Opportunities for Minorities”, The Missouri Bar Annual Meeting, Springfield Missouri, October 1992

“The Use of In-House Counsel at Liberty Mutual Insurance Company”, Liberty Mutual Southern Regional Claims Managers Meeting, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, October 1994

“Diversity in the Legal Department at Liberty Mutual Insurance Company”, Liberty Mutual Resident Attorney Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1995

“Ethical Issues in the Insurance Defense Relationship”, Florida Liability Claims Conference, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, July 1998

“Interviewing and Hiring for Performance”, Liberty Mutual Resident Attorney Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1998

“How to Succeed as Staff Counsel”, American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Oak Brook, Illinois, May 2002

“Utilization of Paralegals within an Insurance Defense Firm”, Paralegal Association of Florida, Hillsborough County Chapter, Tampa, Florida, January 2003

“Manager’s Tool Box: What Today’s Managers Need to Know – Interviewing & Hiring for Success”, American Bar Association, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, New York, New York, May 2003

“Hiring for Success”, Liberty Mutual Legal Managers Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, September 2004

“Effective Expert Testimony for Vocational Rehabilitation Experts”, Cascade Disability Management, Annual Managers Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2005

“Conflicts of Interest”, Liberty Mutual Regional General Attorney Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, August 2005

“Effective Expert Witness Testimony for Vocational Professionals” and “Ethics for Rehabilitation Experts”, International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, Annual Forensic Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, November 2005

“Medical Training for Field Legal Attorneys”, Liberty Mutual Regional Medical Directors Conference, Kissimmee, Florida, January 2007

“Your Negotiating Style Profile”, Liberty Life Claims Advisory Board Conference, Kissimmee, Florida, March 2007

“Lessons in Leadership”, Liberty Mutual Northern Regional Legal Mangers Meeting, Denver, Colorado, September 2008

“Distance Learning & Presentation Technology”, International Paralegal Management Association 25th Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida October 2009

Civic and Community Service Board of Directors, North Miami Community Mental Health Center, Miami 1983 – 1986 St. Rose of Lima Catholic School Board (President), Miami Shores 1983-1985 The Florida Bar Grievance Committee 11 “K”, Miami 1985 -1986 Board of Trustees, St. John Vianney College Seminary, Miami 1985 – 1988 Board of Directors, Twelve Oaks Special Tax District (President), Tampa 1988 – 1992 Incarnation Catholic School Board (President), Tampa 1990 – 1993 Cub Master Pack 324 Morgan Woods Elementary School, Tampa 1992 – 1993 Ask-A-Lawyer, Fox 13 WTVT / Hillsborough County Bar Association, Tampa 2003 – Present Board of Directors, Bayport Colony Property Owners Association (President), Tampa 2006 – 2010

Featured Interviews “Equipped for the Future”, Insurance & Financial Meetings Management, May/June 2006

“Creative Counsel – The 2008 IC-10” Inside Counsel Magazine, September 2008.

Awards Have a Heart “Outstanding Pro Bono Service” Award, Hillsborough County Bar Association 2007

“Creative Counsel” Award, Inside Counsel Magazine 2008

“Best Training Programme” Global Counsel Award, International Law Office / Association of Corporate Counsel 2009

Service as Arbitrator American Arbitration Association Better Business Bureau State of Florida Attorney General’s Office

Professional Associations and Memberships: American Bar Association (Litigation Section) The Florida Bar (Trial Lawyers Section) Hillsborough County Bar Association (CLE Committee Chairman 2008-2010) Tampa Bay Catholic Lawyers Guild Florida Defense Lawyers Association Defense Research Institute Association of Corporate Counsel (West Florida Chapter)

Education

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Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: FL