Thomas Tedeschi

Thomas Tedeschi is an Attorney at Parnall Law Firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with over 27 years of legal experience.

Tedeschi earned his Juris Doctor from Southern Illinois University School of Law in 2003 and his Bachelor of Arts from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in 1990. He is admitted to the State Bars of New Mexico and Illinois. He also completed basic law enforcement training certification at the University of Illinois Police Training Institute in March 1995, where he received the Ervin H. Warren Award.

Tedeschi served as a circuit judge in Illinois for over 16 years and is the longest-serving Chief Judge in the history of Illinois's Second Judicial Circuit. Prior to his judicial tenure, he worked as an Assistant State's Attorney prosecuting criminal cases. He relocated to Albuquerque in June 2025 to join Parnall Law.