Thomas S. McGrath graduated from Cumberland Law School after participating in the school's nationally recognized trial program. McGrath won the Haley Federal Trial Competition in 1991 at Cumberland and then was selected as part of a team to represent Cumberland and compete under the direction Judge James O. Haley in the 1992 National Trial Competition sponsored by the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Judge Haley has the distinction of receiving Roscoe Pound Foundation Award for teaching excellence in trial advocacy.

Since 1992, McGrath has dedicated his practice to civil litigation on behalf of people bringing claims. In 1996, McGrath launched Thomas S. McGrath, P.C., concentrating his practice to litigation on behalf of homeowners against pest control companies, building contractors and real estate agents and brokers.

Prior to being admitted to practice law, McGrath was a licensed Emergency Medical Technician in Colorado and Alabama working emergency medicine for three years. Before the development of McGrath's successful practice in homeowner representation, McGrath's emergency medical experience benefited him as he successfully handled a wide variety of personal injury claims, including auto accidents, during the first four (4) years of practicing law.

In addition to his homeowner representation, McGrath still maintains an active practice involving all sorts of personal injuries, including auto accidents.

Upon opening Thomas S. McGrath, P.C., McGrath decided to limit the number of claims he handles at one time in order to afford each client of the firm represented in a manner that custom-tailors each litigation with an attention to the smallest details. The strict limitation on the number of claims handled at one time is a philosophy which embraces the idea that if each client's claim is maximized to recover the most amount each claim deserves, each client will be served in the manner that the legal profession initially envisioned. In addition, maximizing the result for each particular client will ultimately result in the firm generating the same amount of revenue as firms which handle an extremely large number of claims per attorney.