Compassion, Experience, Consistency

Focusing Forward

Vernon “Wesley” Thomas is a licensed attorney whose primary practice areas include criminal defense, mass tort, personal injury, contracts, transactional, and entertainment law.  A New Orleans native, Vernon graduated from McMain Magnet High School in 1999 and Dillard University in 2004 with a B.A. in English.  Vernon then went on to graduate from Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in the spring of 2009.

Upon graduation from SULC, Vernon worked in private practice for The Knightshead Law Firm before joining the East Baton Rouge Parish Public Defender’s Office in June of 2012.  In the fall of 2012, Vernon was commissioned as a Jag Officer with the United States Army Reserve Jag Corp. and has completed several active-duty mobilizations where he worked in the fields of Administrative Law, Legal Assistance, Civil Law, Operational Law, Contracts, and Military Justice.  Vernon went on to be a law clerk for the Honorable Judge Tracey Flemings-Davillier, Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, in November of 2017 until January of 2019.  Vernon then served as a municipal prosecutor with the Orleans Parish City Attorney’s Office from May 2019 thru October of 2023.  After that, Vernon served as the staff attorney for the Honorable Judge Colette M. Greggs, 19th Judicial District Court, East Baton Rouge Parish from November of 2023 until March of 2025.  Vernon currently maintains an active private practice in both the New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas in addition to fulfilling his military obligations through several short term, active-duty mobilizations as a Command Judge Advocate.

The eldest son of the late Vernon P. Thomas, Esq., Vernon and his younger brother Hunter F. Thomas, Esq., took over his father’s practice upon returning from his active-duty mobilization to 95th Civil Affairs Brigade (Airborne), Fort Bragg where he served as the Brigade Trial Counsel.  Vernon continues to follow in his father’s footsteps by continuing to build and thrive in the neighborhood law practice that his father began more than 30 years ago, as well as continuing his growth in the Baton Rouge area where he has operated an office on Government Street for nearly 13 years.

Vernon is licensed to practice in Louisiana and looks to continue the legacy of personal commitment to the people of the Baton Rouge area through tireless commitment to compassion, discipline, social justice, rehabilitation, and safety.