Tom is a member of Prince, Lobel, Glovsky & Tye’s Insurance and Reinsurance Practice Group. He has been practicing for more than 20 years, and concentrates his practice representing domestic and international clients on reinsurance, insurance, appellate and commercial matters.  He counsels clients on policy interpretation and coverage issues under property and casualty, accident and health, and life and health policies and represents insurers and reinsurers in complex arbitrations and declaratory judgment actions.  Tom also has an extensive appellate practice having successfully argued numerous of cases before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

Tom received his law degree from Suffolk University, and his undergraduate degree from Denison University. He has also taught Legal Writing at Harvard University.  He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Rhode Island Bar Association and ARIAS•US.  He is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and before the United States District Court of Massachusetts and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. 

Mr. Elcock’s Appellate cases include:

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit

Chungchi Che v. Mass. Bay Transp. Auth., 342 F.3d 31 (1st Cir. 2003) 

First State Ins. Co. v. Banco de Seguros Del Estado, 254 F.3d 354 (1^st Cir. 2001) 

Smith v. Kmart Corp. 177 F.3d 19 (1^st Cir. 1999);

Boston Mut. Ins. Co. v. New York Islanders Hockey Club, L.P., 165 F.3d 93 (1^st Cir. 1999);

Continental Ins. Co. v. Arkwright Mut. Ins. Co., 102 F. 3d 30 (1^st Cir. 1996);

Samuels v. Hood Yacht Sys. Corp., 70 F.3d 150 (1^st Cir. 1995); 

Stella v. Kelley, 63 F.3d 71 (1^st Cir. 1995);

Deary v. City of Gloucester, 9 F.3d 191 (1^st Cir. 1993); 

Phav v. Trueblood, Inc., 915 F.2d  764 (1^st Cir. 1990);

Lallemand v. Univ. of Rhode Island, 9 F.3d 214 (1^st Cir. 1993);

Monahan v. Dorchester Counseling Ctr., Inc.; 961 F.2d 987 (1^st Cir. 1992);

Rodrigues v. Furtado, 950 F.2d 805 (1^st Cir. 1992);

Fienstein v. Resolution Trust Corp., 942 F.2d 34 (1^st Cir. 1991);

Guziejka v. Panas, No. 96-1129, 1997 U.S. App. Lexis 498 (1^st Cir. 1997);

Beldotti v. Boisvert, No. 96-1581, 1996 U.S. App. Lexis 28338 (1^st Cir. 1996);

Dias v. Vose, No. 94-2054, 1995 U.S. App. Lexis 4894 (1^st Cir. 1995);

Dela, Inc. v. CNA Ins. Co., No. 94-1577, 1995 U.S. App. Lexis 5503  (1^st Cir. 1995);

Yeadon v. Pizza Hut of America, Inc., No. 94-1125, 1994 U.S. App. Lexis 9749 (1^st Cir. 1994);

DeSantis v. Dobbins, No. 93-1688, 1994 U.S. App. Lexis 10675 (1^st Cir. 1994).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

Afarian v. Massachusetts Electric Company, 449 Mass. 257, 866 N.E.2d 901 (2007); 

Kippenhan v. Chaulk Services, Inc., 428 Mass. 124, 697 N.E.2d 527 (1998);

Linkage Corp. v. Trustees of Boston Univ., 425 Mass. 1, 679 N.E.2d 191 (1997);

Campione v. Wilson, 422 Mass. 185, 661 N.E.2d 658 (1996);

Pallazola v. Foxborough, 418 Mass. 639, 640 N.E.2d 460 (1994);

Connolly’s Case, 418 Mass. 848, 642 N.E.2d 296 (1994);

Rodriguez v. Furtado, 410 Mass. 878 (1991);

Flesner v. Technical Comm. Corp., 410 Mass. 805, 575 N.E.2d 1107 (1991);

Sacco v. Roupenian, 409 Mass. 25, 564 N.E.2d 386 (1990);

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Abegglen v. Abegglen, 64 Mass. App. Ct. 590, 834 N.E.2d 762 (2005);

Bjorkman v. Suffolk Constr. Co., 42 Mass. App. Ct. 591, 679 N.E.2d 559 (1997);

Palermo v. Brennan, 41 Mass. App. Ct. 503, 672 N.E.2d 540 (1996);

Collins v. Kiewit Constr. Co., 40 Mass. App. Ct. 796, 667 N.E.2d 904 (1996);

Priority Finishing Co. v. LAL Constr. Co., 40 Mass. App. Ct. 719, 667 N.E.2d 290 (1996);

Whelihan v. Markowski, 37 Mass. App. Ct. 209, 638 N.E.2d 927 (1994);

Breslin v. Rockbusters, 34 Mass. App. Ct. 258, 609 N.E.2d 498 (1993);

Rodgers v. City of Boston, 33 Mass. App. Ct. 328, 599 N.E.2d 248 (1992):

Possehl v. Ossino, 28 Mass. App. Ct. 918, 547 N.E.2d 59 (1989).

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Beattie v. Fleet National Bank, 746 A.2d. 717 (2000).

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts
• Rhode Island
• United States District Court of Massachusetts
• First Circuit Court of Appeals

Education

• Suffolk University Law School, J.D., 1986
• Denison University, B.A., 1983

Noteworthy

• BV® Peer Review Rating

Memberships

• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Rhode Island Bar Association
• ARIAS