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About Thomas J. Michel
Thomas Michel was born and raised in Sutter Creek, an hour east of Sacramento within the Sierra Foothills. Following high school, he attended the University of Richmond in Virginia where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Economics, minoring in History. In 2022, Thomas began his coursework at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law as a full-time student. During his last year at McGeorge, Thomas also worked as the assistant to the Franchise Tax Board's Tax Appeals Assistance Program (TAAP).
At TAAP, Thomas represented taxpayers in their cases against the state. Helping people through their complex tax issues is how Thomas found his passion as an advocate. Thomas graduated from McGeorge School of Law with Distinction in 2025.
Shortly after passing the California State Bar, Thomas proudly accepted an associate attorney position at our firm. In his spare time, Thomas can usually be found in his hometown at his family's inn. When he's there, he does renovation work, reads in the gardens, and spends time with his niece and nephew. <div
Proven verdicts and settlements at Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora
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Walkup shareholder Michael A. Kelly served on the plaintiffs' leadership team that secured a $117 million settlement from former PG&E officers and directors over wildfires that ranked among the deadliest in California history.
A Sacramento jury awarded $73 million, including $50 million in punitive damages, after a Goodyear tire tread separation caused a Ford E-350 church van to flip four times on I-5, killing two passengers and injuring two others.
A Sacramento County jury awarded $34,921,215 to Debra Hackett and her husband after a Silva Trucking tractor-trailer jackknifed on Highway 12 and left Debra paralyzed from the waist down with a traumatic brain injury.
A Butte County jury held MasterCraft 80 percent liable for a design defect that caused the bow of a fully loaded X45 wakeboarding boat to submerge on Lake Oroville, throwing Niki Bell into the propeller and permanently destroying her left eye and part of her frontal lobe.
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