Attorney Thomas D. Wright
Thomas D. Wright
Licensed Attorney and Mediator
Thomas D Wright has 37+ years of experience in Sonoma County family law mediation and litigation. He can lend a trained eye to a mediating party’s individual needs and disputed family law issues. He can help the parties to open- up and discuss their own priorities, fears and chosen outcomes. Mr. Wright can help guide the parties in maintaining the focus on selecting their mutual goals to arrive at an acceptable overall settlement and a written, enforceable court order.
Thomas Wright was a California State Bar Board Certified Family Law Specialist for 24 years until he ceased his FAMILY LAW LITIGATION practice in 2020. Mr. Wright has continued to maintain a license to practice law in California from June 1983 through the present (2025).
During his career as a Family Law Attorney, Mr. Wright has tried to verdict in excess of 50 contested family law court trials. From 1983 through 2020, Mr.Wright negotiated or argued hundreds of contested OSC/RFO/law and motion family law matters. Over his entire career, Mr. Wright has actively participated in some 200 mediations, either as an attorney, a private mediator, a private judge, or as a Sonoma County Superior Court Judge pro- tem.
Mr. Wright completed the Gary Friedman Mediation Training(40 hrs) and the Advanced Gary Friedman Mediation Training. Mr Wright also completed the Harvard NegotiationTraining; “Getting to Yes” and the Collaborative Law Training, both in the bay area.
Education
Oregon State University, 1974
Bachelors Degree in History and Biology
University of Oregon, 1975
Masters in History Candidate and Secondary High School Education credential
Empire Law School, 1982
JD degree
Honors, Awards, Organizations, and Recent Professional Work
Professor of California Community Property Law
Mr. Wright has been a professor of Community Property Law at Empire College School of Law for the academic years of 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Careers of Distinction**
Mr. Wright was honored in Family Law as having a “Career of Distinction” for 2023 and 2024 by the nationally recognized organization; “Careers of Distinction.”
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent: 2016-2025**
Mr. Wright was honored by MARTINDALE- HUBBELL as AV PREEMINENT in the category of Family Law in specific areas of professional ability and general ethics every year beginning in 2016 through and including 2025. (The last nine consecutive years)
Northern California SuperLawyers: 2007-2015**
Mr. Wright was honored by Northern California SUPERLAWYERS in FAMILY LAW from 2007 through 2015. (Nine consecutive years). For the above years, Mr. Wright’s firm was featured in Northern California SUPERLAWYERS MAGAZINE, LAW AND POLITICS, and SAN FRANCISCO MAGAZINE.
Richard Sangster American Inns of Court and Master of the Bench
Mr. Wright is a member of the “Richard Sangster American Inns of Court” as “Master of the Bench”. He has been active in that national/ international organization from October/2000 through late 2020 and during the years of 2023 and continuing into 2025, inclusive.
**All three of the above awards for the years listed were nominated and awarded anonymously by Mr. Wright’s professional peers (attorneys and/ or the judiciary), without solicitation or payment by the recipient.