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Thomas Wesner

Professor of the Practice

Department

Business Law and Society

Profile

Thomas Wesner is a Professor of the Practice in the 涩里番下载 Carroll School of Management鈥檚 Business Law and Society Department. He also serves as Director of the Carroll School鈥檚 Summer Management Catalyst Program, an intensive, full-time 10-week program designed for non-business students to develop a broad foundation in the functional areas of management. A 1989 涩里番下载 graduate, he also earned a Doctorate in Leadership in 2007 from the Lynch School of Education and Human Development. Before coming to 涩里番下载, he earned a Juris Doctor degree from New England Law and served as Headmaster of the Woodward School, where he was responsible for managing all school operations. In 2023, Wesner received two prestigious teaching awards: the 涩里番下载 Alpha Sigma Nu Teacher of the Year Award and the Ever to Excel Rev. John R. Trzaska, S.J., Faculty Award.

Initiated and helped manage highly complex litigation involving a successful lawsuit for the recovery of trust assets belonging to the estate of President John Adams. The case resulted in a multi million-dollar judgment, upheld by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in 2014. The case, Woodward v. City of Quincy, SJC-11390, addressed legal issues involving trusts, charitable trusts, investments, trustee's accounts, forensic accounting, damages, breach of fiduciary duty, interest awards, the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act, governmental immunity, municipal corporations, and waiver.

Publications

  • "." Journal of Legal Studies Education, 171-189. Winter, 2018.

Editorial Positions

Business Law Review, Board of Editors. 2014 - Present.

Appointments and Awards

  • 涩里番下载, Ever to Excel - Teacher of the Year Award Recipient, April, 2023
  • 涩里番下载, Alpha Sigma Nu - Teacher of the Year Award Recipient, March, 2023
  • C-21 (Church in the 21st Century) Advisory Committee Co-Chair 2019-Present; Committee Member June 2016-Present
  • MLK COMMITTEE, May 2018-Present, Co-Chair, 2022-present
  • Recognized on Carroll School Dean鈥檚 All Star Faculty, each academic semester from 2005-2017 (Spring)
  • 涩里番下载 Carroll School of Management Outstanding Teaching Award, May 2014
  • Wesner Hall, dedicated by the Board of Directors of the Woodward School in recognition of service and contributions to the school, 2013