Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Joshua C. Thomas joined the Houston office of Baker Hostetler in August 2008. Mr. Thomas assists a variety of Baker Hostetler clients in areas including complex commercial litigation, construction/engineering litigation, oil and gas litigation and personal injury defense.

During law school, Mr. Thomas served as Managing Editor of the Houston Law Review and Vice President of the Student Bar Association. Mr. Thomas also participated in moot court, winning the John Black Moot Court Championship, as well as two Best Brief awards and a Best Oral Advocate award in the John R. Brown National Admiralty Moot Court Competition. Mr. Thomas interned for Justice Laura Carter Higley of the Texas First Court of Appeals and for Justice Leslie Brock Yates of the Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals.

Before entering law school, Mr. Thomas was a project scientist for an environmental engineering and consulting firm, where he managed environmental assessment and remediation projects for a variety of industrial clients. Mr. Thomas has extensive knowledge of environmental assessment, remediation and regulation at the state and federal levels.

Mr. Thomas is a member of the Texas and Houston Bar Associations and the Houston Young Lawyers Association.

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 2008

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Houston Bar Associations (Member)
• Houston Young Lawyers Association (Member)
• Texas Bar Association (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Two Best Brief Awards and a Best Oral Advocate Award - John R. Brown National Admiralty Moot Court Competition

Past Employment Positions

• Justice Laura Carter Higley of the Texas First Court of Appeals, Intern
• Justice Leslie Brock Yates of the Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Intern

Education

• University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 2008
  J.D.
  Honors: summa cum laude
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  Honors: Order of the Barons
  
  Law Review: Houston Law Review, Managing Editor
• Auburn University, 1998
  B.S.
  Major: Environmental Sciences

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