Tom Arnold, Esq. is a founder of Arnold White & Durkee, 150 person firm that merged Feb. 1, 2000 into Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, LLP. Mr. Arnold is a Fellow, American College of Civil Trial Mediators; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London), Executive Committee North American Branch; Advisory Board, The Institute for Transnational Arbitration; Large Complex Case Panel of the American Arbitration Association; Former President of each A. A. White Dispute Resolution Institute, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Licensing Executives Society, Houston Bar Association, Houston Executives Association, and Chairman of the Intellectual Property Section of the American Bar Association, National Council of Intellectual Property Law Associations, Director, Resolution Forum Inc., and others.

Former adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Houston teaching Alternative Dispute Resolution, and at the University of Texas teaching Intellectual Property law.