Thomas D. Penfield has significant experience in business litigation, pharmaceutical and other products liability, class actions, civil litigation, and environmental litigation.
Mr. Penfield has handled several multi-million dollar cases during his tenure with our firm. In one case, he served as co-counsel, representing H&H Cerritos against U.S. Mineral Products, Inc., and obtained a $14.1 million jury verdict.
Another high profile settlement saw Mr. Penfield successfully represent thirteen Honda dealers as plaintiffs in a civil proceedings arising from a case the U.S. Attorney called "the largest commercial bribery case in U.S. history."
Mr. Penfield is an active member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America; San Diego County Bar Association (Chairman: Criminal Justice Committee, 1984; Juvenile Law Committee, 1983-88); the Consumer Attorneys of California; and the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego. In 1996, Mr. Penfield was the proud recipient of the Environmental Lawyer of the Year Award from the Sierra Club's San Diego Chapter.
A graduate of California Western School of Law (J.D. 1974), Mr. Penfield worked as a supervising trial lawyer with the Defenders Program of San Diego, and then as a full-time clinical professor at the University of San Diego School of Law before joining the firm.
As part of his personal commitment to public service, Mr. Penfield has served as Chairman and Member of the San Diego County Juvenile Justice Commission, 1983-88; and pro tem Judge, Juvenile Court, 1982-88. Since 1985, he has also served as an Arbitrator for the San Diego Superior Court.
In his spare time, Mr. Penfield has enjoyed singing and playing the guitar in a popular local rock band.
He practices law at the HermanGerel office in San Diego, California.
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| Law
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| California Western School of Law, J.D., 1974 |
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| Undergraduate |
| United States International University, B.A., 1971
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| Admitted
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1974, California
1974, U.S.D.C., Southern District of California
1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
1983, U.S. Supreme Court
1990, Nebraska
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| Affiliations |
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Association of Business Trial Lawyers
Bar Association of Northern San Diego County
Consumer Attorneys of California
Consumer Attorneys of San Diego
State Bar of California
San Diego County Bar
Adjunct Professor of Law at USD School of
Law, teaching Advanced Trial Advocacy |
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| Honors |
| Environmental Lawyer of the Year Award |
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