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Mr. Thomas is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, the highest distinction awarded. In 2011, in the area of insurance law, he was selected as a member of Florida Trend’s “Florida Legal Elite,” which names the state’s Legal Leaders named by their peers.
Mr. Thomas served on The Florida State University College of Law Board of Directors and has endowed an academic fund at the Law School in the names of his parents, John & Judith Thomas.
Jed was born on December 9, 1968, in Satellite Beach, Florida at Patrick Air Force Base and grew up in Niceville, Florida as an Air Force kid.
During his second year of law school, he was selected as one of only thirty persons statewide to receive a fellowship at the Florida House of Representatives. During his third year of law school, he was also a legislative aide for the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. As a legislative aide, Mr. Thomas was responsible for bill drafting, legal analysis of proposed laws, and oral and written presentations to the Legislature.
While in law school, Mr. Thomas served as a principal aide to Lt. Governor Kenneth H. “Buddy” Mackay during the 1994 gubernatorial campaign. As Gov. Mackay’s aide, he traveled extensively statewide assisting the Governor in campaign strategy and policy. Mr. Thomas is also active in the Florida Bar Association, currently serving as a Chair of the Hillsborough County Grievance Committee.
Jed is a member of Hyde Park United Methodist Church in Tampa and frequently serves at the Portico, a ministry dedicated to assisting the homeless in Tampa.
Jed is also a certified Circuit Court Mediator and available to mediate all cases in Florida Circuit and Federal District Courts.
