TORRANCE, Calif. – Farmer Bros. Co. today announced that effective December 4, 2014, Thomas J. Mattei, Jr. was appointed to the position of General Counsel, reporting to Michael H. Keown, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and was named an Executive Officer of the Company.
Mr. Mattei, 44, joined Farmer Bros. Co. in January 2013 as Vice President and Corporate Counsel and leads the Company’s corporate, strategic and tactical legal initiatives.
His key areas of responsibility include, among others, corporate governance, SEC compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation management; in addition, Mr. Mattei oversees the Company’s Risk Management and Real Estate departments.
Prior to joining Farmer Bros. Co., Mr. Mattei was in private practice with Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation and Weissmann Wolff Bergman Coleman Grodin & Evall LLP in Beverly Hills, CA, from July 2004 to December 2012, with primary responsibilities in corporate, finance and real estate transactional matters.
From October 1999 to July 2004 Mr. Mattei was a Corporate Associate at Latham & Watkins LLP in Los Angeles, CA, with primary responsibilities in securities, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters.
Mr. Mattei earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville, VA, and his undergraduate degree in Public Policy Studies from Duke University in Durham, NC.
