Tom Borcher

Tom Borcher tried civil cases before juries for thirty-five years before retiring in 2014. He started his practice in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1982 he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he represented individuals in courtrooms throughout the state. After retiring he moved to Huntsville, Alabama where he currently resides.

His was a rather convoluted path to becoming a lawyer. He attended the University of Tennessee. When he left he spent several months hitchhiking his way across America in what would become his "hippy" stage. At the conclusion of his sojourn he settled down in Atlanta, Georgia where he got a job working as the manager of a small motel. Eventually, the beard came off and the shoulder length hair was cut and he enrolled in law school attending classes at night while continuing to work full time during the day. He completed law school in 1979.

He has always had a great love for the courtroom and the give and take of the public trial. That is why, upon retirement, he decided to spend three years compiling interesting cases from around the country to put in book form. All the cases in his book are actual disputes that were presented in real courts. Each case has some unexpected twist making it a little more difficult for the reader to reach a verdict.

For several years he has presented a live program called "You Be the Judge" to civic groups, students and adult continuing education classes. His book, "Justice in Your Court," moves the live programs to the written page. He also is a White House historian and has provided talks that meld humor and history in presenting stories about life in the White House The program -- which he calls "Alligators in the East Room & Other White House Tales" -- has been given to audiences at numerous presidential libraries.