Tom Bird is an attorney at the firm of Keleher & McLeod, where he has practiced primarily appellate law for 33 years.

He is an Albuquerque native. His family came to Albuquerque in 1963, when his father, an Air Force officer, was stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base. He attended Kirtland Elementary School, Wilson Junior High, Highland High School, the University of New Mexico (BA Economics, 1977), and the UNM School of Law (JD, 1982). He enjoys hiking, bicycling, playing the guitar and piano, and the frequent company of his wife, Brooke, and their son, Aaron.

Thomas Bird is Secretary/Treasurer of the Olga Kern International Piano Competition.