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Thomas W. Fenner, Deputy General Counsel Areas: Academic Affairs General Contact Information: Stanford Office of the General Counsel Phone: (650) 723-8122 fax: (650) 723-4323 E-mail: tfenner@stanford.edu

Mr. Fenner received his B.A. degree (with distinction) from Stanford in English in 1973 and his J.D. degree from Stanford Law School in 1976. He joined Stanford's Office of the General Counsel in 1985, and became Deputy General Counsel in 2001.

Mr. Fenner’s practice has concentrated in the areas of academic affairs and academic litigation (including faculty discipline and medical staff privileges litigation), business and business litigation (including primary responsibility for matters such as the University’s FEMA appeals seeking federal funding for earthquake repairs, and the Department of Justice’s antitrust investigation and related class-action litigation), real property and property tax claims and litigation and asbestos matters.  He served from 2000 to 2003 on the Board of Directors of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA).

Prior to joining the Office of the General Counsel, Mr. Fenner practiced for five years with the Portland, Oregon law firm of Tonkon, Torp, Galen, Marmaduke & Booth, where he specialized in business litigation and served as a member of Oregon's Board of Bar Examiners. Before entering private practice, Mr. Fenner clerked for Thomas H. Tongue of the Oregon Supreme Court, and for Edward Leavy (then U.S. Magistrate, District of Oregon--now Judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals).

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