Thomas Szromba

Trial Attorney at U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division

Speaker

THOMAS W. SZROMBA is a trial attorney in the Chicago office of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division where, since 2022, he has prosecuted antitrust and related economic crimes. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame and New York University Law School and completing a clerkship with a federal district judge in Illinois, Mr. Szromba began his career with a commercial law firm in Washington, DC, where he concentrated in complex commercial and securities litigation. Mr. Szromba then joined the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission in Chicago. As Senior Trial Counsel, he investigated and tried numerous high-profile cases and was awarded the Stanley Sporkin Award. In 2001, Mr. Szromba joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago, where he tried several criminal financial and securities cases, including market manipulation and insider trading cases. In 2006, Mr. Szromba joined The Boeing Company. As principal senior counsel in the Litigation and Investigations group of the company’s Law Department, he conducted and supervised internal investigations, responded to government inquiries, and managed litigation in which Boeing was involved. From 2016 until 2024, he was a member of the Cook County Board of Ethics.