Background
Thomas, David M. was born on March 12, 1952 in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States.
Thomas, David M. was born on March 12, 1952 in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States.
Michigan State University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1976). Detroit College of Law (Juris Doctor, 1981).
Worked at Burns & Levinson Limited Liability Partnership (Boston, Master of Arts) specializing in General Practice, Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Commercial, Corporation, Environmental Law, Insurance, Probate, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Toxic Tort, Trusts and Wills. Trials in all Courts and Administrative Agencies. Admitted to the bar, 1978, Massachusetts and United States.
District Court, District of Massachusetts.
1979, United States. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Assistant District Attorney, County of Norfolk, Massachusetts, 1978-1980.
Associate/General Counsel: Executive Office for Administration and Finance, 1981-1983. Office of Management Information Systems, 1983-1985.
Assistant Director and General Counsel, Massachusetts Bureau for Systems Policy and Planning, 1985-1989.
Deputy State Purchasing Agent and General Counsel, Department of Procurement and General Services, 1989-1991. Acting State Purchasing Agent, 1991. Member: Quincy, Norfolk County and Massachusetts (Member, Government Section) Bar Associations.
Massachusetts Association of Public Purchasing Officers.
National Association of State Purchasing Officials. Burns & Levinson, founded in 1960, is a firm now comprised of more than 130 partners & associates & consists of eleven departments - General Litigation, Business Litigation, Insurance, Toxic Tort, Environmental Automotive, Real Estate, Tax, Finance, Trusts & Estates and Family Law.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Detroit and Macomb County Bar Associations. State Bar of Michigan (Member, Section of Tort and Insurance Practice).
Association of Defense Trial Counsel.
Michigan Association of Defense Trial Counsel. Defense Research Institute.
Incorporated Society of Irish/American Lawyers. American Society of Law and Medicine.
Catholic Lawyers Society.