Thomas H. Kovach, Attorney

Thomas H. Kovach joined Parkowski, Guerke & Swayze as a Director in December 2007, bringing with him a general commercial practice, with an emphasis on environmental law, intellectual property litigation, and technology-based disputes.

Mr. Kovach's practice in the environmental arena includes Brownfields transactions, compliance and permitting, enforcement, administrative proceedings and litigation. His practice in intellectual property includes patent infringement litigation and trademark disputes. His general commercial practice includes representing clients in contract, commercial and other general disputes in the Delaware Superior Court and the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, as well as in equity matters in the Court of Chancery, and in administrative actions in front of State Agency Boards.  A large part of Mr. Kovach's practice involves the resolution of highly technical or complex legal issues, where his engineering background is particularly beneficial.

Mr. Kovach is active in the Delaware State Bar Association, where he is the immediate past Chair (2007-2008) and current counsel of the Litigation Section, he is past Chair (2004-2006) of the Environmental Section, and he is currently (2007-present) an officer of the Intellectual Property Section. Mr. Kovach has written materials and lectured on various environmental law and litigation topics, and he serves on DNREC's Brownfields Advisory Committee, where he chairs the finance subcommittee. Active in Delaware's business community, Mr. Kovach is a member of both the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce and the Committee of 100, and is active in their environmental committees.

In his pro bono activities, Mr. Kovach is a member of the Federal Civil Panel for the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and has served as the attorney advisor to various Delaware high schools' Mock Trial teams for the past ten years. He also coaches youth soccer for the Concord Soccer Association.

Mr. Kovach earned a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Delaware, and his J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law Camden. Before attending law school, Mr. Kovach worked as an enforcement officer for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Philadelphia. He is admitted to practice in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as before the U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Delaware, New Jersey and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.