Thomas R. Cross joined Holmstrom & Kennedy as an associate attorney. The Naperville native graduated magna cum laude in May 2011 from the University of Iowa College of Law and earned a bachelor's degree in political science in 2008 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

He was admitted to the Illinois State Bar law year and is a member of the Winnebago County and Illinois State Bar Associations. His concentration is business transactions, commercial litigation and employment and labor law. The firm is at 800 N. Church St., Rockford and can be reached at (815) 962-7071.