Christopher Dale Thomas

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Christopher Dale Thomas

4.5
Rating: 7.8

Licensed for 26 years

Family Lawyer at Honolulu, HI
Practice Areas: Family, Military Law, Mediation, Criminal Defense

1001 Bishop St. Suite 2925, American Savings Bank Twr., Honolulu, HI

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About Christopher

Biography

Practice Areas

4

Practice Areas

Family 50%

Assisted Community Treatment (ACT); Assertive Outpatient Treatment (AOT); Guardianship; Family Law Mediation; Family Restraining Orders; Extreme Risk Protection Orders; Divorce and Separation; Child Custodial Issues; Pre Nuptial Agreements;

21 years | 1,200 cases

50%
Military Law 25%

Military Investigations; Military Criminal Defense; Military Courts Martial; Military Administrative Action and Non Judicial Punishment; Military Separation Issues; Military Divorce Issues; Security Clearance (DoD) Investigations and Appeals

27 years | 1,000 cases

25%
Mediation 15%

Formally Trained and Certified Mediator; Family Law Mediation, to include Divorce Property and Asset Division, Financial Support Issues; Child Related Issues.

16 years | 150 cases

15%
Criminal Defense 10%

State, Federal, and Military Criminal Courts, including Appeals

27 years

10%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Free Consultation

$0 first 30 minutes

Retainer

Sometimes


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check
  • Credit Card

Awards

Client's Choice
Client's Choice
2014
Platinum Client Champion

Licenses

Licensed in Hawaii for 21 years

State: Hawaii

Acquired: 2004

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in Colorado for 26 years

State: Colorado

Acquired: 1999

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Christopher D. Thomas, AAL, LLC

1001 Bishop St. Suite 2925, American Savings Bank Twr., Honolulu, HI, 96813-3429

hawaiianfamilylaw.com/

Online Presence

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Christopher Dale Thomas's Reviews

Avvo Review Score

4.5 /5.0

21 Client Reviews

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Showing 1 - 1 of 1 review | Criminal Defense

Posted by Mitchell | November 27, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense

Sleazy and stupid

What a terrible lawyer. I paid $1250 for my case and sat around for 6 months with him telling me to just wait. He kept telling me to do work and then he would look at it and screw up the details as he was trying to edit it. I watched him type relevance and underscores below 11 pages of time line I wr...ote instead of copying and pasting for an hour and then I had to go back and delete the underscores because as most people know you can't type on top of them. I found out later he charged me $300 for that day. He also charged me for a lot of things that weren't in our contract when I got a bill for an additional $3000. I told him I wasn't paying it because I read the contract and he violated his own contract. Billing more for paralegal time and for phone calls he wasn't supposed to be talking to certain people. He said I was going to have to pay and I told him to sue me for it and I would win because he was a crappy lawyer and broke the contract. That was over a year ago and he hasn't gotten a penny from me. Then he told me he would sue me for libel if I left him a bad review. We'll guess what, challenge excepted. I'm leaving you a terrible review for you being a terrible lawyer who did nothing for me and in the end I was cleared because I was innocent and just sat down and spoke with the investigators and cleared my name against his advice. Almost $1300 down the drain for exactly 2 pages of handwritten notes that are illiterate saying don't do anything. Thanks but I could have done that for free. I wanted a lawyer to be with me by my side but he was always too busy. He would email and then you would respond and I saw he auto deleted your response. He wanted you to respond on a program even he didn't use. He was never available to answer your call and you would be told be his office he would call and then he wouldn't. Horribly unprofessional, unclean and disorganized office place. Find a lawyer that isn't such a wuss and know what they are doing. Go ahead, try sueing me and I'll make you look stupid.

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Christopher Dale Thomas's Lawyer Endorsements

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Christopher Cazares

Divorce and separation lawyer | Feb 11

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Christopher Thomas is a dedicated and thorough counsel whose experience is obvious to those who have seen him in action. I strongly endorse this lawyer."

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Christian Lassen

Unknown lawyer | Sep 05

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Top-notch attorney. Highly respected in the legal community."

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Patrick Shea

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Criminal defense lawyer

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Jessi Hall

Family lawyer

Experience

Rating:  7.8 (Very Good)

Honors

2025

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2025

Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

2003

Air Force Achievement Award and Medal, United States Air Force

Work Experience

2010 - Present

LEAD COUNSEL, LAW OFFICES OF CHRISTOPHER D. THOMAS

2007 - 2014

Judge Advocate, United States Air Force Reserve

2000 - 2003

Special Ass't U.S. Attorney ( Air Force SAUSA), United States Attorney's Office

2000 - 2006

Judge Advocate, United States Air Force Jag

Associations

2018 - Present

Veteran's Administration

Accredited Claims Attorney

2012 - Present

Hawaii Court Appointed Arbitration Program

Arbitrator

2006 - Present

Hawaii State Bar Association, Family Law Section

Member

2004 - Present

Hawaii State Bar Association

Member

2000 - Present

American Bar Association

Member

2000 - Present

U.S. Court of Appeals For The Armed Forces

Attorney

1999 - Present

Colorado Bar Association

Member

Sample of Legal Cases

In the Matter of J.Y.

Pending

JR V. IR

Affirmed Order of Trial Court in Client/Father' Favor

CC V. DD (2017)

Affirming Opinion of Trial Order in State of Hawaii Supreme Court

SU V. DU

Appeal Withdrawn With Prejudice

Chinery V. Chinery

Successfully Dismissed Appeal

Vockroth V. Vockroth; NO. 30522 Summary Disposition

Appeal Granted

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Education

1999

Creighton University School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1995

Nebraska Wesleyan University

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

2017

Honoka'a (Big island) Legal Clinic Family Law Pro Bono Representation

Publications

2018

www.hawaiianfamilylaw.com Law Office Blog

Languages

English

Activity

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