Hon. Thomas A. Balmer is an Associate Justice of Oregon Supreme Court in Salem. Justice Balmer received his B.A. from Oberlin College and his J.D. from University of Chicago Law School. He is a member of the Massachusetts State Bar, the District of Columbia Bar, and the Oregon State Bar. He was formerly a partner at Ater Wynne LLP, where his practice focused on commercial litigation, government regulation, appeals, and antitrust law. Prior to that, he served as the Oregon Deputy Attorney General, and a trial attorney with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. He was an adjunct professor of law at Lewis & Clark Law School and an adjunct professor of political science at Lewis & Clark College. He is the author of numerous articles on antitrust and other legal topics. He is the past chair of the Multnomah County Legal Aid Society, and a member of the board of directors for the Classroom Law Project, Chamber Music Northwest and U.S. District Court Historical Society.