Thomas Knowlton, Litigation Division

Tom Knowlton received his B.A. degree in Mathematics, cum laude, in 1981 from Williams College and his law degree, magna cum laude, in 1989 from Boston College Law School. Before attending law school, Tom taught Math and Latin at the Roxbury Latin School in Boston, Massachusetts. After law school, Tom clerked for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and then worked at the Boston law firm of Hill & Barlow.

Tom has worked in the Attorney General's Office since 1994. In January 2021, Attorney General Aaron Frey promoted Tom to Deputy Attorney General and Chief of the Litigation Division. Tom has argued more than 30 cases in the Maine Law Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, including:

• State Tax Assessor v. Kraft Foods Group, Inc., 2020 ME 81, 235 A.3d 837 (Court upheld 2 assessments of Maine corporate income tax totaling nearly $3 million)
• State v. Biddeford Internet Corp., 2017 ME 204, 171 A.3d 603 (Court affirmed a judgment in the States favor in excess of $400,000 in unpaid broadband sustainability fees)
• F. Lee Bailey v. Board of Bar Examiners, 2014 ME 58, 90 A.3d 1137 (Court upheld the decision of the Board of Bar Examiners that F. Lee Bailey lacked the requisite good character and fitness to be admitted to the Maine bar)
• National Organization for Marriage v. McKee, 649 F.3d 34 (1st Cir. 2011) (Court rejected First Amendment and other constitutional challenges to registration and reporting requirements for political action committees)
• Gannett Co. v. State Tax Assessor, 2008 ME 171, 959 A.2d 741 (Court upheld the State Tax Assessors denial of the taxpayers request for a $700,000 Maine corporate income tax refund)