First Admitted: 1974, California

Bar/Professional Activity:

Member, Association of Certified Family Law Specialists
United States District Court, Central District of California, 1974
Vice President, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Southern California Chapter, 2006 - 2008
Beverly Hills Bar Association
California State Bar Independent Inquiry and Review Panel for Certified Family Law Specialists, 1986
Appointed to the California State Bar’s 2016 – 2018 Judicial Nominees Evaluation (JNE) Commission, February 1, 2016 – 2018
United States Supreme Court
Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association
California Bar Association
President, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Southern California Chapter, 2011 - 2012
Los Angeles County Bar Association
President, Glendale Bar Association, 1986 - 1987
Member, Pasadena Bar Association
Pasadena Bar Association
California Trial Lawyers Association
American Bar Association
Member, California State Bar Family Law Section
Executive Committee, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Family Law Section, 1981
Member, Glendale Bar Association
State Bar of California, 1974
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Special Licenses/Certifications:

Certified Family Law Specialist, California Board of Legal Specialization, 1980 - Present

Pro bono/Community Service:

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Pro Tem, Family Law Departments, 1980 - Present
Los Angeles County Superior Court Family Law Mediation Panel, Los Angeles County, North East District (Pasadena)
Advisory Board Member, Glendale Healthy Kids, 2014 – present
Los Angeles County Superior Court Family Law Mediation Panel, Los Angeles County, North Central District (Glendale/Burbank)
Board Member, Glendale Foundation for the Retarded, 2012 – 2014
Oakmont Country Club, Glendale, CA, Membership Chair, 2008 – 2014
Los Angeles County Superior Court Family Law Mediation Panel, Los Angeles County, Central District (Los Angeles)
United States Jaycees
Oakmont Country Club, Glendale, CA, Regular Member 1996 – present

Honors/Awards:

Educational Background:

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Speaker and Panelist, Los Angeles County Bar Family Law Trial Institute, Los Angeles County Bar, 2007
Speaker, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Institute of Trial Advocacy, 2010
Speaker and Panelist, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Institute of Trial Advocacy, 2009
Speaker and Panelist, Beverly Hills Bar Association, Attorney Fees, 2013
Speaker and Panelist, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Family Law Trial Basics Seminar, 2015
Co-author, “Finby – Employee Goodwill & Other Issues”, Journal of the California Association of Certified Family Law Specialists, Summer 2016

Other Outstanding Achievements:

United States Army Reserve, Adjutant Generals Corps, Honorable Discharge with rank of Captain, 1978

Thomas L. Simpson