Thomas K. Hedemann

Associate

Thomas Hedemann is an associate in the firm’s Hartford office.  He is a member of the firm’s complex commercial litigation, antitrust litigation and intellectual property litigation groups. 

After graduating from the University of Oslo, Norway, in 1997, Thomas attended graduate school in Madison, Wisconsin.  He received an M.A. in philosophy at the University of Madison in 2001.  He received his law degree from Yale Law School in 2005.  Upon graduation from law school, Thomas clerked for the Honorable Alfred V. Covello of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Clerkships

• Law Clerk to Honorable Alfred V. Covello, United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, 2005 – 2006

Bar & Court Admissions

• Connecticut

Education

• Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, 2005 J.D. Law Journal: Yale Journal of Health, Law, Policy, and Ethics, Articles and Submissions Editor, 2002 – 2004.
• University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 2001, M.A. Philosophy.
• University of Oslo, Norway, 1997, B.A. Philosophy.

Publications

• Raising the Bar of Patentability, Conneticut Law Tribune, April 21, 2008
• What is Patentable?, IP Law and Business, October 2007
• The Political Import of Intrinsic Objections to Genetically Engineered Food, Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, January 2005.  Coauthored with Robert Streiffer
• Health Inequalities and Why They Matter, Health Care Analysis 10 (2002): 177-91. Coauthored with Dan Hausman and Yukiko Asada
• A Problem with the Individual Approach in the WHO Health Inequality Measurement, International Journal for Equity in Health 2002, 1:2 (2002). Coauthored with Yukiko Asada

Professional Activities

• American Bar Association
• Connecticut Bar Association