Thomas J. Umberg is a partner in the Orange County and Washington, D.C. offices of Morrison & Foerster, LLC. Mr. Umberg's practice focuses on federal and state policy and regulatory matters and on domestic and international project development and trade and investment, with an emphasis on Latin America.

Mr. Umberg rejoined Morrison & Foerster after having served as Deputy Director at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). In 1997, Mr. Umberg was nominated by the President and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. At the White House, Mr. Umberg was responsible for the development and coordination of United States policy to reduce the flow of illegal drugs into America, as well as counter-drug intelligence and interdiction. Mr. Umberg was the United States signatory to the historic hemispheric Multi-Lateral Evaluation Mechanism signed in Montevideo, Uruguay; served as a senior member to the U.S./Mexico High Level Contact Group for Drug Control; was a member of the U.S. delegation to the Summit of the Americas in Santiago, Chile; and led U.S. delegations to Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, and several other Latin American countries.