Thomas Jarvinen was born in Huntsville, Alabama and graduated from Huntsville High School. Mr. Jarvinen attended the University of Florida where he earned a BA in German with a minor in Business Administration. He obtained his J.D. from the Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama. As part of his study programs he attended the University of Mannheim, Germany and the University of Durham, England. Mr. Jarvinen is admitted to the Alabama Bar and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. Mr. Jarvinen is a member of the Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association, the Alabama State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys.