Dean Thomas served on the CGL Reporter Editorial
Board from 2004 to 2006. He wrote summaries on premises and general liability
issues.
Associate Dean Thomas is the editor-in-chief of the New Appleman Library
Edition, after serving in that capacity for the New Appleman Insurance
Law Practice Guide. His work has been presented in academic journals in
the United States, Europe, China, Thailand, and India.
Dean Thomas has a national and international reputation in the field of
insurance law. His work has been published in academic journals in the United
States, Europe, China, Thailand, and India. Recent articles include
"Insurance Perspectives on Federal Financial Regulatory Reform:
Addressing Misunderstandings and Providing a View from a Different
Paradigm" in the Villanova Law Review and "Insurance Law
Between Business Law and Consumer Law," published in the American
Journal of Comparative Law. Dean Thomas also is the coauthor with Alan
Widiss of the three-volume treatise Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist
Insurance. He was recently elected to membership in the American Law
Institute and was invited to be an adviser to the Principles of the Law of
Liability Insurance project for the ALI.
Dean Thomas also writes about law and popular culture. He is the coeditor
of the book The Law and Harry Potter, published by Carolina Academic
Press, and recently contributed a chapter on the television show "The
Practice" for the book Lawyers in your Living Room, published
by the ABA.
Dean Thomas has been teaching Civil Procedure and introductory courses in
his school's LLM program for foreign lawyers. Before joining the faculty,
he practiced law with the firm of Irell & Manella, where a portion of his
practice focused on insurance coverage issues. He earned his juris doctor
degree from the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall), where he was
an executive editor on the California Law Review.