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The founding principal of Groom Law Group and its predecessor, Groom and Nordberg, Ted Groom graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1960. Following graduation, he clerked for the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Since 1961, he has practiced in the income taxation and employee benefits fields, specializing in state and federal laws affecting the business of insurance.

He began to pursue the idea of starting his own practice in the late 1960’s and soon developed a set of core goals for his new venture. “I wanted a firm that would provide an opportunity for growth based on the individual merits of each attorney as well as an opportunity for growth for all employees who worked there,” he recalls. As he looks back at the firm’s growth over four decades, he takes pride in the fact that Groom was “raised right. Our firm is one of the few Washington, D.C., law firms founded in the 1970’s that has continued in existence to date that was founded by Washington lawyers as the sole office of the firm. Most significant firms with national practices established in Washington have been branches of large, out-of-town firms.”

As he shepherded Groom through the 80’s and 90's then turned over daily management to others, Ted also developed a thriving and nationally recognized personal practice. He is a well-known authority on insurance company and financial product issues and has represented more than 25 large and small life insurance companies, as well as groups of companies interested in pension and annuity issues. During the past fifteen years, he has served as counsel to the Insurance Company Benefit Group, the Modified Guaranteed Annuity Group, the Mutual Tax Committee, the American Council of Life Insurance, and the Life Insurance Council of New York.

During his career, Ted has also represented benefit plans and plan sponsors both generally and in connection with insurance company products. He has testified before Congress; appeared before a variety of federal agencies; and authored numerous articles on tax, benefit, and pension policy issues and has litigated Federal and District of Columbia tax issues. His views are frequently quoted in national publications.

Ted has been elected to The National Academy of Social Insurance and is a cofounder of the Stanford University Center for Economic Policy Research Insurance Project.  He balances his diverse practice and his professional interests with a medley of personal activities, including golf, biking, flying airplanes, and a broad range of community service endeavors.