Michael Paul Thomas

Background

Paul Thomas, Michael was born on October 13, 1956 in Maywood, California, United States.

Education

Cypress College (Associate of Arts, cum laude, 1979). California State University at Fullerton (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1981). Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1984).

Career

Radcliff v. Landau (1991) 883 F.2d 1481; Elder v. Rice (1994) 21 Cal.App. 4th 1604.Worked at Kelegian & Thomas (Newport Beach, California) specializing in Civil Litigation, Premises Liability Law, Insurance Law, Appellate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1986, California, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, United States.

District Court, Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California and United States.

Supreme Court.

Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, Ecology Law Quarterly and Industrial Relations Law Journal, 1983-1984.

Author: "Equitable Discretion Under the Federal Water Pollution Control Acting: Weinberger v. Romero-Barcelo," Ecology Law Quarterly, Volume II, Number.

1, 1983. Columnist, Los Angeles Daily Journal, 1990—.

Company-Author: Bancroft-Whitney"s California Civil Practice: Procedure (Five Volumes). Company-Author: Bancroft-Whitney"s California Premises Liability: Law and Practice. Adjunct Professor, Civil Litigation, Civil Procedure, Research and Writing, Western State University College of Law, 1991—.

Instructor, Legal Writing, Whitter Law School, 1996—.

Instructor, Civil Litigation, Research and Writing, Corporations, Rancho Santiago College, 1989-1991. MCLE Lecturer on "Law and Motion," The Rutter Group (1996).

Judge Pro-Tem, Los Angeles County Municipal Court, 1992. Member: Orange County (Member, Resolutions Committee), Los Angeles and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations.

State Bar of California.

Defense Research Institute. Association of Southern California Defense Counsel.

Achievements

• Michael Paul Thomas has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: "Equitable Discretion Under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act: Weinberger v. Romero-Barcelo," Ecology Law Quarterly, Volume II, No. 1, 1983. Columnist, Los Angeles Daily Journal, 1990—.
    
    Co-Author: Bancroft-Whitney's California Civil Practice: Procedure (Five Volumes).

Membership

Member: Orange County (Member, Resolutions Committee), Los Angeles and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations. State Bar of California. Defense Research Institute.

Association of Southern California Defense Counsel.