Tom is an attorney, businessman, and musician. He founded Werge & Corbin Law Group to provide efficient, high-quality legal services to small businesses and individuals, focused on litigation and dispute resolution.

Tom’s practice is focused on small business litigation and music law. He regularly represents clients in business disputes, including business divorce / partnership breakups and breach of contract matters, together with copyright and trademark infringement, employment, real estate, construction, trade secret / noncompetition matters, prosecution and defense of civil judgments / complex collections, bankruptcy and nondischargeability claims, professional liability and malpractice, civil rights, financial industry, insurance, non-profit, and other litigation matters. Tom has broad litigation experience, handling the full scope of the process, including pleadings, motions practice, discovery, experts, depositions, jury trials, and appeals. Tom also represents clients in arbitration, at mediation, as local counsel, and in administrative proceedings. Tom has also served as an expert witness and as an arbitrator.

Before starting the firm, Tom practiced at Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell, Colorado’s largest litigation-only firm. He is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and served as a law clerk to The Honorable J.E. Beshouri of the District of Columbia Superior Court. He has achieved and maintained AV Preeminent status from Martindale-Hubbell, was named a Colorado Super Lawyer for Business Litigation in 2023, and was honored in Colorado Best Lawyers for Commercial Litigation in 2024.

Prior to becoming a lawyer, Tom spent seven years working in business, information technology, and human resources, primarily at Level (3) Communications (now CenturyLink/Lumen Technologies). In addition to his law degree, Tom holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Colorado State University.

Tom is also an active musician. Since 1996, he has performed with his band, 12 Cents for Marvin. Over more than 25 years, the band has released five full-length albums, completed multiple tours, performed hundreds of shows, created music videos, and it continues to perform throughout Colorado. The confluence of Tom’s musical and legal careers have been featured in articles by The Docket and Law Week Colorado.

Tom lives in central Denver, with his wife, Halie Crocker Werge, and their three children.

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2010, Cum Laude

  • D.C. Law Students in Court Legal Clinic

  • Certificate in International Economic Law

• Colorado State University, B.S., Business Administration, 2000

  • Concentration in Information Systems

Experience

• Partner, Werge & Corbin Law Group

• Partner, Lyda Werge LLC

• Litigation Associate, Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP

• Law Clerk to The Honorable J.E. Beshouri, District of Columbia Superior Court

• Summer Associate, Business and Corporate Law, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

• Systems Analyst, Level (3) Communications

• Computer Specialist, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Admissions

• Colorado State Courts

• U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

• Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

• District of Columbia Courts (Inactive)

• Tom has also been admitted pro hac vice before many courts, including in California, New York, Missouri, and Virginia

Memberships and Appointments

• American Bar Association

• Denver Bar Association

• Colorado Bar Association

• DBA Representative to the CBA Board of Governors, 2023-24

• CBA Solo and Small Firm Section (Executive Council 2016-21; Chair 2019-20; Judicial Nominations Committee 2020-24)

• CBA Litigation Section (Executive Council 2023-24)

• CBA Entertainment & Sports Law Section

• CBA International Law Section

• Colorado LGBT Bar Association

• Colorado Creditor Bar Association

• DBA/CBA Ad Hoc Professionalism Committee, 2017

• Colorado Supreme Court Attorney Regulation Subcommittee on Proactive Management-Based Program (PMBP), 2016-18

• CBA Judicial Endorsement Task Force, 2021

• Board Member, City Park West Registered Neighborhood Organization, 2019-20

• Faculty of Federal Advocates

• Fellow, American Bar Foundation

• Fellow, Colorado Bar Foundation

• Colorado Attorneys for the Arts (CAFTA) Pro Bono Attorney

• Mentor, Law School Yes We Can

• Arbitrator, CBA Legal Fee Arbitration Committee

• Panel Arbitrator, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

• Board of Directors, Colorado Judicial Institute (Dinner Committee Chair, 2023-24)

Accolades, Presentations, and Publications

• Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Attorney Designation, since 2020

• Colorado Best Lawyers, 2024; Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, 2022-23

• Colorado Super Lawyer, Business Litigation, 2023-24; Super Lawyers Rising Star 2015-2020, 2023.

• COVID Collections: A Review of Colorado’s Emergency Legislation, trending legal matters presentation for CBA-CLE (Aug. 13, 2020).

• 3d Annual Colorado Litigators Summit, Panelist, Trending Claims and Litigation Strategies: Current Tactics for Keeping Would-Be Adversaries at Bay, CBA-CLE (Sep. 25, 2020)

• David Forster, Front and Center, 12 Law Week Colo. 4 (Jan. 24, 2014) (“outside the law” cover story)

• Doug McQuiston, Lawyers Who Rock, The Docket (Oct. 11, 2018).

• Thomas Werge, Environmental Standards Under the Peru FTA, 23 Geo. Int’l Envtl. L. Rev. 71 (2010)

Representative and Reported Cases

• Westover v. Jorgenson, Brownell and Pepin, P.C., No. 2021CV30214, (Colo. Dist. Larimer Apr. 8, 2024) (served as expert on standard of care in small business litigation malpractice matter, with expert report cited multiple times by District Court in deciding motion for summary judgment).

• Alarcon v. Alpine, No. 2020CV31074 (Colo. Dist. Arapahoe Feb. 20, 2024) (after successfully defending clients at trial brought former business partner seeking millions of dollars, obtained post-trial reversal of award of attorney fees for business partner, with fees instead awarded to clients).

• LEC v. Critical Facility, JAMS Case ID No. 25524 (Nov. 23, 2022) (won award for Colorado manufacturer in longstanding dispute with Asian joint venture partner, including achieving termination of the relationship between the parties and an award of damages).

• Higher Yields Consulting v. North Lincoln Cultivation, JAMS Case ID No. 27792 (Dec. 13, 2021) (won arbitration award including attorney fees for breach of consulting contract following final hearing).

• WBI Management v. Gaber, FINRA Dispute Resolution Services #19-03430 (Nov. 5, 2020) (obtained arbitration award including attorney fees in business divorce over financial practice following final hearing).

• Greene v. Frontier, No. 2019CA0811 (Colo. App. Aug. 13, 2020) (affirming dismissal obtained in Denver District Court and awarding appellate attorney fees).

• Mondragon v. Nosrak LLC, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 82934, 2020 WL 2395641, No. 19-cv-01437-CMA-NRN (D. Colo. May 11, 2020) (entering sanctions against opposing copyright troll).

• Pennington v. Fastest Labs of S. Denver, No. 2019CV31180 (Colo. Dist. Arapahoe, Aug. 15, 2019) (won dismissal of all claims).

• Moskowitz v. Dahlman, No. 2017CV30522 (Colo. Dist. Denver, Apr. 20, 2018) (obtained jury verdict for client against former business partner).

• New Economy Funding Solutions v. Diamond Rose Shears, No. 2015CV30624 (Colo. Dist. Douglas, Feb. 1, 2016) (prevailed on motion to vacate arbitration award).

• Warne v. Hall, 373 P.3d 588 (Colo. 2016) (amicus brief in support of standard adopted by Supreme Court).

• Century Motor Corp. v. FCA US LLC, 477 S.W.3d 89 (Mo. App. E.D. 2015).

• Adams v. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., 546 F. App'x 772 (10th Cir. 2013).