Thomas W. Ostrowski
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Tom Ostrowski is Partner-in-Charge of the Tucker Ellis Cleveland office.
Tom focuses on all aspects of commercial banking, including commercial loans, letters of credit, loan restructuring, agented and syndicated loans, and secured lending. He has significant experience in commercial real estate and corporate finance matters, asset-based finance, healthcare lending, workouts, and structured and secured finance. He has represented various private equity funds and subordinated debt lenders and their portfolio companies.
During his seven-year tenure as Finance Practice Group Leader, Tom guided the team through extraordinary growth and transformation, setting a high bar for leadership and collaboration.
Tom and his wife Erika reside in Bath, Ohio, with the youngest two of five children. He enjoys keeping up with his older three kids, workouts, reading history and British fiction, and family time. He is also an avid Arsenal FC fan. As a former social studies teacher, Tom relishes the opportunity to mentor associates and counsel.
- Education
- Cleveland State University College of Law (J.D., 1993); Cleveland State Law Review, Staff Editor
- The State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A., 1989)
- State Admissions
- Ohio, 1993
- New York, 1994
- Service Areas
- Commercial Finance
- Financial Services – Transactional
- Health Care
- Hospitality
- Public & Structured Finance
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Finance
- Insolvency & Workout
- Opportunity Zones
- Venture Capital
- Private Equity
- Health & Life Sciences
- Corporate Law
- Financial Services
- Industries Represented
- Banks
- Financial Institutions
- Nursing & Residential Care Facilities
Speaking Engagements
- “Commercial and Real Estate Finance: Understanding Lenders and Achieving Borrowers’ Goals,” 2023 Business Law Institute on Corporate Law and M&A, Tucker Ellis LLP (January 2023)
- “The Outlook for M&A in 2015,” KeyBank, Cleveland, Ohio (April 2015)
- “Dilemmas When Representing Borrowers and Lenders,” Ohio Professional Conduct Program, Tucker Ellis LLP, Cleveland, Ohio (December 2014)
- “Update on Middle Market Lending and Loan Agreements,” Cohen & Company Client CPE Program, Cleveland, Ohio (November 2014)
- “Loan Agreements,” Skoda Minotti CPE Summit, Cleveland, Ohio (October 2014)
Media
- “Tucker Ellis Names New Leaders in Cleveland, Chicago,” Law360 Pulse (November 2025)
- Ohio Super Lawyers® (2010–2018)
- Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars® (2005, 2006)
- The Best Lawyers in America® (2006–2026)
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- America SCORES Cleveland, Advisory Board Member