Thomas H. Bienert, Jr.

 

Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense; Civil Trial; Appellate Practice.
 
Admitted: 1986, Louisiana; 1989, California
 
Law School: Tulane University, J.D., 1986.
 
College: Louisiana State University, B.A., 1983.
 
Member: Orange County (Member, Judiciary Committee) Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Banyard Inn of Court.
 
Biography: Member, Tulane International Appellate Moot Court Team, 1983-1984; National Appellate Moot Court Team, 1984-1986. Member, 1984-1985 and Associate Editor, 1985-1986, Tulane Law Review. Adjunct Professor, Loyola (L.A.) Law School, 1993-1994. Associate, Phelps Dunbar, 1986-1987; Assistant U.S. Attorney, Central District of California: Los Angeles Office (Chief, Criminal Complaints Unit, 1992-1993), 1987-1993; Orange County Office (Chief, Orange County Office, 1995-1998), 1994-1998; Associate Independent Counsel, Office of Kenneth W. Starr, 1998; Of Counsel, Irell & Manella, Newport Beach, 1998-2000. Director of the Board, Orange County Federal Bar Association and Orange County Constitutional Rights Foundation. High Profile Cases include: Independent Counsel investigation of President Clinton; Orange County Bankruptcy; University of California Irvine fertility clinic matter; the beating of truck driver Reginald Denny during the 1992 Los Angeles riots; "Operation Big Spender" corruption investigation of L.A. Sheriff's Department deputies.
 
Born: Laguna Beach, California, March 20, 1961.
 
ISLN: 909033505
 
 
 

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