Jacob “Jake” H. Thomas represents clients throughout the Great State of Louisiana specializing in personal injury and wrongful death cases.
Mr. Thomas is originally from Jonesboro in the Piney Hills of North Louisiana, known for producing great litigators such as Huey P. Long as well as several other notable statesmen on both federal and state levels.
Jake is a graduate of Jonesboro-Hodge High School and Northwestern State University where he was a member of the Theta Mu chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, the NSU Presidential Leadership Program, and the Interfraternity Council. He is also a graduate from Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, LA.
Jake was privileged to serve the Second Circuit Court of Appeals as a clerk for Judge Harmon Drew Jr. Jake then accepted an invitation to work with the Louisiana Legislature, specifically the Speaker of the House’s office. Jake’s governmental experience also extends to the Department of Insurance where he worked directly under the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, and Executive Legal Counsel. Prior to coming to Anderson Blanda & Saltzman he spent a decade honing his litigation craft at a boutique personal injury firm in Baton Rouge.
Jake’s public service experience affords him a unique legal perspective from having proactively worked to create the law in the Speaker’s office, to helping regulate the vast Louisiana Insurance industry with the Department of Insurance, to finally and most importantly litigating and interpreting the law on behalf of the people of Louisiana. In his spare time Jake enjoys playing golf, watching college sports, concerts, and travelling.