Thomas S. Babel

Babel, Thomas S.

Contact Information

P: 910.794.4839
F: 910.794.4877
tsb@wardandsmith.com

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127 Racine Drive
University Corporate Center
Wilmington, NC 28403
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Mailing Address:
 Post Office Box 7068
Wilmington, NC 28406-7068

Peer Rated AV

Practice Groups

Practice Concentrations

  • Business, Civil, and Commercial Litigation
  • Contract Liability and Litigation
  • Construction Litigation 
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Products Liability 
  • Real Estate Litigation

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Biography

Mr. Babel's practice experience encompasses various areas of litigation.  He has pretrial, trial, and appellate experience in trademark, trade secret, patent, real estate, products liability, construction, business torts, and contract matters.  Mr. Babel also counsels clients on drafting and negotiating commercial transactions, including license, supplier, and vendor agreements; purchase order terms; divestiture of business segment agreements; and international vendor and supplier agreements.  He has been rated by his peers as being "preeminent" in his fields of law. 

Admitted to Practice

  • North Carolina, 2006
  • Ohio, 1998
  • All state courts in North Carolina 
  • All state courts in Ohio
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
  • United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio

Honors and Distinctions*

  • The Best Lawyers in America, 2013

Education

  • J.D., with honors, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, 1998
  • B.S., Miami University, 1993

Professional and Community Affiliations

  • American Bar Association — Sections: Construction; Litigation
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Federal Bar Association — Section: Federal Litigation
  • Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce (member, Local Government Committee; member, Strategic Planning Team of New Hanover County Schools)
  • Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce (Leadership Wilmington Alumnus, Class of 2007)
  • Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce Foundation (board member; chairman)
  • North Carolina Bar Association — Section: Antitrust & Trade Regulation Law; Construction Law; Litigation
  • Ohio Bar Association

* Please see the following websites for an explanation of the membership standards for the following recognitions: www.bestlawyers.com; www.businessnc.com/legalelite; and www.superlawyers.com/north-carolina.