Thomas H. Barnes is a senior owner/partner in the law firm and manages the owner/partner's real estate interest.

Tom regularly does insurance defense litigation in the areas of automobile liability, premises liability, products liability, and worker's compensation.

After receiving his undergraduate degree from the University of South Dakota, Tom enlisted in the United States Army and served a tour of duty in Viet Nam with the 101st Airborne Division. Thereafter, Tom entered law school at the University of South Dakota. Tom had an article published by the University of South Dakota Law Review and served as the Law Review's first symposium editor.

Upon graduation from law school, Tom served as a law clerk for the United States District Court, District of South Dakota, Western Division. Tom has been very active in the State Bar being a Bar Commissioner, a member of the Board of Governors of the South Dakota Trial Lawyers, President of the South Dakota Young Lawyers Association, and headed its CLE committee. Tom has also been President of the Pennington County Bar Association and was very instrumental in helping to form a local insurance claims adjuster association and served as its second President.

In his leisure time, Tom enjoys hunting, fishing, baseball, and hiking the canyons in the Four Corners area.