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Mr. Thomas is a Member of Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell, P.L.C., and has been associated with the Firm since receiving his Doctor of Jurisprudence, with honors, in 1988 from the University of Tennessee College of Law. In law school, Mr. Thomas was the author of “Prejudgment Interest in Personal Injury Actions in Tennessee,” 15 Tennessee Judicial Newsletter, No. 1, 1988. Mr. Thomas was also the Articles Editor of the Tennessee Law Review.

Mr. Thomas has experience in the areas of workers’ compensation, employment law, insurance coverage, trucking law, and education law. Mr. Thomas is counsel for the local board of education, and has been retained by other boards of education for representation in specific cases. Mr. Thomas is a member of the Firm’s Employment Law Practice Group and the Group Leader of the Firm’s Tort and Insurance Practice Group.

Mr. Thomas is a member of the Jackson-Madison County Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, the Tennessee Council of School Board Attorneys, the Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association, the Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA), the Transportation Lawyers Association, and the Defense Research Institute.

He was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Tennessee in 1988. Mr. Thomas is also admitted to practice in the United States District Court of Tennessee (Western District) and the Sixth United States Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The following are representative cases which Mr. Thomas litigated in the trial court or argued in the appellate courts: City of Covington Educ. Ass'n v. City of Covington, 2007 WL 1028589 (Tenn. Ct. App.); Canal Ins. Co. v. N. L. Montgomery and Son Sawmill, Inc., 2006 WL 962525 (W. D. Tenn.); Robinson v. Harkness, 2005 WL 1899465 (W. D. Tenn.); Smith v. Franks, 2005 WL 2008506 (W. D. Tenn.); Holliday v. Epperson, 2003 WL 23407496 (W. D. Tenn. 2003); Finister v. Humboldt General Hospital, Inc., 970 S.W.2d 435 (Tenn. 1998); Duke v. Replogle Enterprises, 891 S.W.2d 205 (Tenn. 1994); Banks v. Dement Construction Co., 817 S.W.2d 16 (Tenn. 1991); Estate of Barnes v. Woodmen of World Life Ins. Society, 1991 WL 241161 (Tenn. Ct. App.).

Certifications of Specialization are available to Tennessee lawyers in all areas of practice relating to or included in the areas of Civil Trial, Criminal Trial, Business Bankruptcy, Consumer Bankruptcy, Creditor’s Rights, Medical Malpractice, Legal Malpractice, Accounting Malpractice, Elder Law, Estate Planning and Family Law. Listing of related or included practice areas herein does not constitute or imply a representation of certification of specialization.