Atty. Richard R. Thomas
Mr. Thomas is a shareholder at Smith LC, and manages the firm’s Arizona office.
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Richard R. Thomas is a Shareholder based in Jackson, Wyoming, practicing at SMITH LC. They have 43+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1983. Their practice focuses on personal injury, business, ip, federal crimes, and securities. Admitted to practice in Georgia U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit U.S. (1983), Arizona (1985), and Wyoming (2017). Educated at Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1983) and Brigham Young University (B.A. English, 1980). Recognitions include AV Preeminent. Active member of Arizona State Bar Association Arizona Trial Lawyers Association. Serands clients in Jackson, WY and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Mr. Thomas is a shareholder at Smith LC, and manages the firm’s Arizona office
- Mr. Thomas’s practice focuses on business litigation, with a special emphasis on trade secret and other intellectual property litigation
- Mr. Thomas graduated from Brigham Young University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English
- He received his law degree, cum laude, from Washington & Lee University Law School in 1983
- At Washington & Lee, Mr. Thomas was the captain of the National Moot Court team and received the American Jurisprudence Award in Evidence
- Throughout his career, Mr. Thomas has successfully protected and vindicated the rights of small-to-medium-sized business owners in a wide variety of business disputes, often against larger competitors
- Mr. Thomas’s accomplishments include serving as lead counsel in the following: • Claims for more than 70 plaintiffs in a large investment fraud case against the professionals of the former Mortgages Limited in Arizona, resulting in settlements of more than $20,000,000. • Representation of a bankruptcy trustee in a large bank failure in the Midwest in a case against officers, directors, and the bank’s outside auditor, resulting in a seven figure settlement. • Trade secret and unfair competition claims against a world-wide consumer products company on behalf of a small biotech company in an emerging technology, with alleged damages of more than $1 billion. • Copyright infringement/trade secret misappropriation case on behalf of the largest CFO business in the country, resulting in a favorable settlement. • Substantial verdict for a successful pain physician against a major metropolitan hospital for wrongfully interfering with the doctor’s medical practice. • Multimillion dollar settlement against a major Wall Street investment firm for trade secret misappropriation. • Defense verdict for a small business owner in a multimillion-dollar claim brought by a disgruntled minority shareholder of a dissolved corporation. • Successfully defeated the efforts of a national company to enforce an unreasonable restrictive covenant not to compete against an entrepreneur with a growing competing business
- Through these and other successes throughout his career, Mr. Thomas has demonstrated a commitment to his personal slogan: “Clients want solutions, not more problems.”
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Each practice area below reflects the types of cases Richard R. Thomas handles, with a brief overview of what that area of law covers.
Personal injury attorneys help accident victims recover compensation for medical bills, lost wages, and pain & suffering. Most work on contingency — no fee unless you win.
Richard R. Thomas is one of 264,852 personal injury attorneys indexed nationally. Browse personal injury attorneys in Wyoming →
Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
Richard R. Thomas is one of 501,317 business attorneys indexed nationally. Browse business attorneys in Wyoming →
IP attorneys protect inventions, brands, and creative work through patent prosecution, trademark registration, copyright, and trade-secret enforcement.
Richard R. Thomas is one of 106,079 ip attorneys indexed nationally. Browse ip attorneys in Wyoming →
Richard R. Thomas is one of 6,773 federal crimes attorneys indexed nationally. Browse federal crimes attorneys in Wyoming →
Richard R. Thomas is one of 64,529 securities attorneys indexed nationally. Browse securities attorneys in Wyoming →
Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in Wyoming
Practicing law in Wyoming. Legal matters in Wyoming are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Jackson are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Wyoming state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Wyoming brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Wyoming courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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