Attorney Thomas Filo graduated from Louisiana Tech University with his undergraduate degree in finance. He attended Louisiana State University School of Law, serving as a member of Louisiana Law Review and graduating at the top of his class. After law school, Mr. Filo was the law clerk for United States District Judge Earl Veron before entering private practice in 1988. His firm, Cox, Cox, Filo, Camel & Wilson LLC, is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Mr. Filo focuses his practice on personal injury and has been counsel in numerous class lawsuits. He has successfully tried and settled hundreds of personal injury cases, including one of the largest punitive damage verdicts for an individual plaintiff in Louisiana. Mr. Filo has obtained numerous multimillion-dollar recoveries for his clients against major oil companies, industrial plants, automobile manufacturers and insurance companies. His class action cases have resulted in multimillion-dollar verdicts or settlements for the plaintiff class.