Corporate Information
General
PAS is a “C” type corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth
of Virginia and having Corporate ID 02969665 with the State Corporation Commission
of Virginia and has a Federal EIN. PAS has enjoyed continued growth and prosperity
since 1987 through the efforts of many people who have worked for the company; PAS
continues to present day as a continuous and uninterrupted business operation since
1987 and has no outside ownership, obligations, tax liens, liabilities, or pending
legal actions against it.
Owner Information
Tommy Foster is President and Founder
of PAS. Tommy owns and controls Prior
Art Searches, Inc. through stock ownership that is held in the Tommy Foster Living
Trust.
Tommy organized PAS on January 1, 1987 as a successor to a sole proprietorship in
which the same lines of work were engaged in since 1981. Prior to this time Tommy
was employed by the law firm of Lane, Aitken, Dunner & Ziems. It was there that
Tommy
received personal training for four years to become a professional patent searcher. Prior to that Tommy was a technical writer and produced technical manuals
for the U.S. Army. Tommy graduated with dean’s list honors (B.A.) from University
of Virginia in 1972 and served in U.S. Peace Corps. While in the Fiji Islands he
worked with the Public Works Department as an Information Officer. Studies at University
of Virginia include engineering, business and humanities. Tommy is a native Virginian
and also operates a family farm located in rural Virginia.