Advisory Board Member
Tom Riley
Class of 1998
Tom Riley is a graduate of the School of Engineering (BSCE ’98, BSLSE ’98) and played trumpet in orchestra, wind bands, and jazz bands during his time at Purdue. Tom is now a U.S. patent attorney and principal at Riley Intellectual Property Law in Chicago, Illinois, where his practice focuses on helping clients protect their inventions, brands, and other intellectual property in the U.S. and internationally. After also playing trumpet semi-professionally for many years, he now maintains his connection to music performance on the other side of the curtain, dancing lindy hop, balboa, shag, two-step, and polka to live bands as often as possible.