Attorney 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.

 Over 40 Years of California Legal Experience

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).

Decades of Family Law Expertise

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.

Trained in Leading Mediation Techniques 

Mr. Wright completed the Gary Friedman Mediation Training (40 hrs) and the Advanced Gary Friedman Mediation Training. Mr Wright also completed the Harvard Negotiation Training, “Getting to Yes,” and the Collaborative Law Training, both in the Bay Area.