Seasoned Trial Attorneys,
Joseph E. Thomas
- Managing Partner / Co-Founder
Practice Areas
- Trials
- Intellectual Property
- Real Estate/Construction Litigation
- Securities Litigation
- Product Liability
Education
- Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California
- Juris Doctorate - 1981
- Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- B.A., Bachelor of Arts - 1977
Bar Admission
- California, 1981
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1982
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1982
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1984
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court District of Connecticut
Published Works
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher v. Superior Court: The Attorneys Right to Cross-Explain Indemnification From Opposing Counsel 7 Pepperdine Law Review 171, 1979
Representative Cases
- RSI Video Technologies, Inc. v. Vacant Property Security LLC, et al. (N.D.Illinois)
- Surpass Tech Innovation LLC v. Sharp Corporation (Dist. Delaware)
- Surpass Tech Innovation LLC v. LG Display Co. Ltd. (Dist. Delaware)
- In the Matter of Certain Consumer Electronics with Display and Processing Capabilities (Int. Trade Commission)
- Graphics Properties Holdings, Inc. v. VIZIO, Inc. (Dist. of Del.)
- Innovus Prime LLC v. VIZIO, Inc. (N.D. Cal.)
- Norman IP Holdings, LLC v. Lexmark International, Inc. (E.D. Tex.)
- Advanced Display Technologies Of Texas, LLC, v. AU Optronics Corporation, et al. (E.D. Tex)
- Azure Networks, LLC, and Tri-County Excelsior Foundation v. Mediatek Inc. (E.D. Tex.)
- Sansay Inc. v. Rates Technology LLC (S.D. Cal.)
- Atwater Partners of Texas, LLC v. AT&T, Inc. et al. (E.D. Tex.)
- U.S. Ethernet Innovations, LLC, v. Acer, Inc. et al. (E.D. Tex.)
- Illinois Tool Works, Inc. v. MOC Products Company (S.D. Cal.)
- EBS Automotive Services, et al. v. Illinois Tool Works, Inc. et al. (S.D. Cal.)
- On The Go v. AT&T (N.D. Ill.)
- WiAV v. Motorola (E.D. Va.)
- WiAV v. Research in Motion, et al. (E.D. Va.)
- MEC v. Mindspeed, Inc. (C.D. Cal.)
- Inland Empire Foods v. Zateca Foods (C.D. Cal.)
- Duhn Oil Tool Co. v. Cooper Cameron Corporation (E.D. Cal.)
- Pabban Development, Inc. v. Kyphon Sarl (C.D. Cal.)
- RE3W, Inc. v. First American Corp. (California Superior Court, Orange County)
- Perini Building Co., Inc. v. MGM Mirage Design Group, et al. (Nevada State Court, Clark County)
- Davis v. Electronic Arts (N.D. Cal.)
- Colonies Partners, L.P. v. San Bernardino County Flood Control District (California Superior Court, San Bernardino County)
- Bay Area Rapid Transit District (B.A.R.T.) v. Tanforan Park Shopping Center (California Superior Court, San Mateo County)
- Clear Channel Communications v. City of Mountain View (California Superior Court, Santa Clara County)
- In Re Orange County Bankruptcy (C.D. Cal.)
Honors
- Top IP Lawyer
Past Positions
- Honorable Terry S. Hatter, District Court Judge for the Central District of California, Judicial Extern, 1980 to 1980
- McDermott, Will & Emery’s Litigation and Trial Practice Group, Partner and Department Head
- Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LLP, Litigation and Trial Practice Group, Partner and Department Head
Professional Associations
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Member
- Orange County Bar Association, Business Litigation Section, Member, 1988
- American Bar Association, Member
- The State Bar of California, Member
- The Barristers Orange County California, Member