Thom is the founder of Irwin & Sherman, P.C., located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, specializing in the areas of Estate Planning, Charitable Gift Planning, Business Planning and Tax.
He assists clients by helping them avoid probate, plan for incompetency and disability, reduce estate, gift and other taxes, as well as plan for the proper distribution of
assets to the family or other beneficiaries. He uses trusts extensively, including Revocable Living Trusts, Charitable Remainder Trusts, Charitable Lead Trusts, Irrevocable
Life Insurance Trusts and Children's Trusts.
Thom also assists clients with their Business Planning, including Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships and Non-Profit entities, as well as preparing Buy-Sell
Agreements, Employment Agreements and other business-related documents. Thom believes in education-based planning, with the goal being to educate his clients in their planning
options and to allow them to make informed decisions.
Upon graduation from Oral Roberts University Law School in 1982, Thom worked in the Estate and Planned Giving Department of the Christian Broadcasting Network in Virginia Beach,
Virginia, assisting people in the planning of their estates. He taught at the Regent University School of Law, formerly full-time and as an adjunct professor, taught Estate Planning
for the Professional Financial Planning program at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and more recently taught Estate Planning as an adjunct professor at Northeastern
State University, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
Thom conducts seminars for churches, charitable organizations, business owners, professionals and others in the areas of Estate Planning, Planned Giving and Business Planning.