Tom Sharbaugh

Tom Sharbaugh

Professor of Practice at Penn State Law

Tom Sharbaugh is a Professor of Practice at Penn State Law where he teaches business-related courses and also serves as the director of the Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic at Penn State Law, which he started approximately six years ago. Before joining Penn State Law, Tom was the firm-wide managing partner at the Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP law firm, based in the firm’s Philadelphia office. In this position, which he held for 15 years, Tom was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the global law firm with more than 3,100 personnel. As a partner in the firm's Business & Finance Practice Group, he represented a wide variety of clients in transactional and corporate matters, including private equity funds in M&A and investment transactions. He has a particular interest in start-up and early-stage businesses and their funding. He has written a number of articles and delivered many presentations on the legal issues confronting small businesses and the securities laws applicable to capital raising through unregistered offerings.