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Wayne Thomas & Associates prides itself on competitive fees and personalized attention to client and carrier by highly qualified attorneys, each with litigation and trial experience.
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WAYNE D. THOMAS, ESQ.
Wayne Thomas earned his Juris Doctorate from McGeorge School of Law and was admitted to the Bar in 1989. Since that time he has focused on business and commercial litigation, environmental law, construction law, contract disputes, construction defect litigation, personal injury, "sick building syndrome" law, and now the emerging "mold" litigation. His experience includes numerous jury and bench trials as well as hundreds of mediation and arbitration proceedings.
Wayne is a third generation contractor and a first generation lawyer. He has been actively involved in the construction of a variety of projects including multi-family housing tracts, motels, condominiums, custom homes, mobile home parks and commercial and light industrial buildings. He continues to be involved in construction and real estate development throughout California and the Pacific Northwest.
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JOHN M. DONNELLY, ESQ.
John Donnelly received his Juris Doctorate from Washington University of St. Louis after graduating from Cornell University in 1984. John first became a member of the Illinois State Bar in 1987 and in California in 1991. After serving as Assistant State's Attorney in Illinois, John came to California and began work in the civil arena. John has taken over 50 cases to trial and specializes in products liability, personal injury, auto, complex commercial and real estate, construction, insurance contract actions and environmental. In addition, John has handled hundreds of mediations and arbitrations. |
RONALD G. WHITEHEAD, ESQ.
Ronald Whitehead is a senior associate in the San Diego office of Wayne Thomas & Associates. Ron earned his Juris Doctorate from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 1998 and was admitted to the Bar in 1999. Prior to becoming an attorney, Ron worked for ten years as an insurance adjuster for Farmers Insurance in the areas of Personal injury, Commercial Liability, and Workers’ compensation claims. During this time he obtained both the CPCU and CPCLA certificates. Ron is an experienced trial attorney working primarily in the areas of insurance coverage, auto, personal injury, construction defect, bad faith and construction lien law.
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MICHELLE M. CLARK, ESQ.
Michelle Clark graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1986 and was admitted to the Bar in 1987.
For over 20 years now, Michelle has defended almost every subtrade in hundreds of construction defect claims throughout the State of California. Michelle maintained her own practice for over eight years and now joins Wayne Thomas & Associates as a welcome addition.
Michelle brings years of experience of case and client management, as well as numerous successful trials. Michelle specializes in construction law, construction defect litigation, contract and coverage disputes. |
AMY VON KELSCH-BERK, ESQ.
Amy R. von Kelsch-Berk is a senior associate in the San Diego office of Wayne Thomas & Associates.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech, a Masters of Arts from George Mason University and a Juris Doctorate from California Western School of Law in San Diego.
She was admitted to practice law in 2002 before all courts of California, and thereafter in the Supreme Court of California, and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Ms. von Kelsch-Berk has over six years of experience in federal, state and appellate courts arising from her representations of public entities, their employees, insurance carriers, and their insureds, as well as corporate and private clients.
Ms. von Kelsch-Berk provides clients with a diversity of interest and talents. Among areas of active practice are governments and municipal law and liability, redevelopment and eminent domain issues, public safety, correctional and police civil liability/civil rights defense; construction law and liability, including contractual indemnification, landslide and subsidence and latent defect issues; general civil liability/wrongful death; employment law and liability/wrongful termination and employment discrimination; business and commercial representation and construction lien law.
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