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Biography
Jill Andrea Thomas has over 29 years’ litigation and appellate experience. Her areas of practice include complex civil litigation in a wide variety of areas including business and real estate litigation, employment litigation, professional liability, construction defect litigation, medical malpractice, personal injury, and insurance bad faith. She has successfully tried, arbitrated and mediated hundreds of cases.
Ms. Thomas has successfully handled over 100 civil appeals and writs for over 25 years before the California Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeal throughout the State of California as well as the United States Supreme Court and federal circuit courts of appeals.
She has been certified as an appellate specialist by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization since 2001. Reported cases include Ridgley v.Topa Thrift & Loan Association (1998) 17 970, an important Supreme Court decision concerning real estate prepayment penalties; First City Properties v. MacAdam (1996) 49 507; People v. Wills (2000) 86 383; and Shekhter v. Sunset Masonry & Concrete (2004) 121 1055.
Ms. Thomas was a research attorney for the Orange County Superior Court in 1982 and also worked as specially appointed appellate counsel for the California Appellate Project for the State of California from 1997 through 2001.
Ms. Thomas graduated with honors from Immaculate Heart College where she was the recipient of the California State Scholarship and the Young Artists’ Award.
Ms. Thomas was admitted to the California Bar in 1980 and is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court and the United States District Court for the Southern, Central, and Northern Districts of California. She is an active member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Orange County Bar Association, and Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles.
Practice Areas
2
Practice Areas
Appeals
60%
46 years | 150 cases
Litigation
40%
46 years | 200 cases
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Licensed in California for 45 years
State: California
Acquired: 1980
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Location
Law Offices of Jill Andrea Thomas
3 Hutton Centre Dr Ste 900, Santa Ana, CA, 92707
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Experience
Honors
2001
Certified Appellate Specialist, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
1972
Young Artists' Award, Immaculate Heart College
1968
California State Scholarship, State of California
Work Experience
2004 - Present
Senior Attorney, Callahan & Blaine
2003 - 2004
Senior Attorney, Hollins, Shekhter
2001 - 2003
Senior Attorney, Veatch, Carlson, Grogan & Nelson
1996 - 2001
Sole Proprietor, Law Offices of Jill A. Thomas
1993 - 1996
Senior Attorney, Lewitt, Hackman, Hoefflin, Shapiro & Marshall
1991 - 1993
Associate, O'Flaherty & Belgum
1986 - 1991
Associate, Gustlin, Golob & Bragin
1983 - 1986
Associate Attorney, Ross, Fields, & Zaks
1982 - 1983
Research Attorney, Orange County Superior Court
1980 - 1981
Associate, Law Offices of Richard L. Knickerbocker
Associations
2004 - 2009
Orange County Bar Association
2002 - 2005
Southern California Defense Counsel
1996 - 2003
California Women Lawyers
1996 - 2006
Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
1982 - 2006
Los Angeles County Bar Association
1982 - 1990
American Bar Association
Sample of Legal Cases
SHEKHTER V. SUNSET CONCRETE & MASONRY
Dismissal of negligence claim reversed
Ridgley v. Topa Thrift & Loan (1998) 17 Cal.4th 970
Supreme Court ruled in favor of my client
FIRST CITY PROPERTIES V. MACADAM
Reversal of sanctions order
PEOPLE V. WILLS
Reversal in favor of my client
WILSON V. BRANDON
JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANT BRANDON
Education
1979
Southwestern Univ SOL
J.D.
N/A
Immaculate Heart Coll
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Publications
1979
National Institute of Municipal Law Officers (NIMLO)
Municipal Aviation Law - Recent Developments
Languages
French