About Thomas

Licenses

Licensed in New Mexico for 19 years

State: New Mexico

Acquired: 2006

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in Florida for 22 years

State: Florida

Acquired: 2003

Judicial

No misconduct found

Licensed in Kansas for 35 years

State: Kansas

Acquired: 1990

Inactive

No misconduct found

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Honors

2006

Outstanding Subcommittee Chair, American Bar Association, Litigation Section

1997

President's Award, Wichita Bar Association

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Associations

2007 - Present

Orange County Bar Association, Appellate Practice Committee

Chair, 2012-2013

2003 - Present

Orange County Bar Association

Member

1990 - Present

American Bar Association

Member

1990 - Present

Kansas Bar Association

Member

2012 - 2018

Florida Bar, Professional Ethics Committee

Member

2006 - 2012

Florida Bar, Appellate Court Rules Committee

Chair, Family Law Subcommittee, 2008-2011

1997 - 2002

Ford-Gray County Bar Association

President

1990 - 2004

Wichita Bar Association

Member

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Sample of Legal Cases

Christiana Trust v. Rushlow, 231 So. 3d 558 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017)

Lindon v. Dalton Hotel Corp., 49 So. 3d 299 (Fla. 5th DCA 2010)

Yestko v. Panure, 272 Kan. 741, 35 P. 3d 904 (2001)

Reynolds v. S&D Foods, Inc., 162 F.R.D. 661 (D. Kan. 1995)

Reynolds v. S&D Foods, Inc., 822 F. Supp. 705 (D. Kan. 1993)

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Education

1990

Texas Tech University School of Law

JD, Order of the Coif

1987

McMurry College

BS - Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude

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Speaking Engagements

2018

Appealing Wisely and Avoiding Un-Appealing Mistakes

Accessibility Considerations for Lawyers

2017

Hot Topics in Appellate Law: Appellate Forces in the New Millennium

With Jedi High Council on Appellate Ethics and Professionalism

2017

Hot Topics in Appellate Law: Appellate Forces in the New Millennium

Making R2D2 & BB-8 Work for You—New Frontiers of Appellate Technology

2016

2016 Bench-Bar Conference

Subcommittee Chair, Appellate Track

2014

Cloud 9 Talks Professionalism and Ethics in the Virtual World

Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?

2014

Advanced Legal Writing in a Paperless, Digital Age

Hyper and (Mostly) Free: Useful Electronic Tools for Persuasive Writing

2014

2014 Bench-Bar Conference

Moderator, Inside the Fifth District Court of Appeal

2013

Second Annual Construction Law in Florida

Florida's Economic Loss Rule Then and Now

2013

Lawyers for Breakfast

Free Labor Ain't Cheap: The High Cost of Interns & Volunteers

2012

Lawyers for Breakfast

PPACA & SCOTUS: It’s Constitutional. Now What?

2011

Nonprofit HR Affinity Group

Retaliation in Employment

2010

2010 NAIC Continuing Legal Education and Annuity Sales & Suitability Seminars

Job Hazard No. 1: Ethics Complaints

2009

Appellate Writs: Extraordinary Remedies to Solve Extraordinary Problems

All Writs: A Primer

2007

Training Conference

Trial Advocacy

2007

Proving Nexus

Proving Nexus

2005

Statewide Guardian ad Litem

Trials and Appeals

2002

Lindsborg Conference

Case Law Update

1996

Continuing Legal Education

Ethics of Billing

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Publications

2012

The Florida Bar Journal Ruminations on the Relationship Between the Economic Loss Rule and Claims for Breach of Fiduciary Duty

2010

The Briefs New Rules Expedite Dependency and Parental Termination Appeals

2010

The Briefs Demystifying Appellate Practice in the Ninth Judicial Circuit (with M. Brownlee)

2007

Dependency Practice Manual “Guardian ad Litem Appellate Practice”

2004

Kinship Care Legal Handbook, (Thomas Wade Young ed., Kin Support Project 2004) Kinship Care Legal Handbook

2003

Journal of the Kansas Bar Association Responding to the Lament of Invisible Children: Achieving Meaningful Permanency for Foster Children (with J. Lee)

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