Thomas C. Inglima

Thomas C. Inglima is a corporate attorney and the Managing Partner and CEO of Willcox Savage in Norfolk, Virginia. He leads a practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, securities transactions, corporate governance, business law, and complex commercial agreements. His work also includes intellectual property and technology transfers for national and international businesses across technology, media, manufacturing, health care, information services, and public infrastructure.

Thomas earned an A.B. from Duke University in 1989 and a J.D. from Georgetown University in 1992. He is admitted to practice in Virginia and the District of Columbia. His professional involvement includes the Virginia State Bar, American Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association, and Norfolk Portsmouth Bar Association. He also completed the CIVIC Leadership Institute program in 2007.

Thomas draws on more than three decades of transactional experience to guide clients through acquisitions, divestitures, auctions, joint ventures, carve-outs, spin-offs, and private investments. He often serves as principal outside counsel, coordinating legal strategy while advising boards and executives on fiduciary duties, governance, and risk allocation. His notable work includes leading Landmark Communications through restructuring and the sale of The Weather Channel companies. He has also advised Dominion Enterprises on major acquisitions and sales and serves as general counsel to the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission.

Thomas C. Inglima is recognized for combining business judgment with disciplined execution in demanding transactions. Chambers USA has identified him as a leading corporate and mergers and acquisitions lawyer. The Best Lawyers in America has recognized him since 2006 and named him Norfolk “Lawyer of the Year” multiple times in corporate and mergers and acquisitions law. His leadership also extends into the community through advisory and former board roles with regional nonprofit and civic organizations.

Law Office Affiliations

• Managing Partner, Willcox Savage
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Virginia State Bar
• Member, Norfolk Portsmouth Bar Association

Licensed State

• Virginia
• District of Columbia

Education

• Georgetown University
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Duke University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)