Attorneys


Michael P. Thomas



Associate

Michael P. Thomas is an associate with MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton LLP. He assists individuals, closely held companies, and larger entities on a wide variety of estate planning, estate and trust administration, wealth transfer, succession planning, tax, and business matters.

Mike routinely assists clients with the design and implementation of both basic and complex estate plans that focus on accomplishing the client's individual objectives and minimizing the related tax consequences. He works closely with individual and corporate fiduciaries throughout estate and trust administrations.  Mike has experience advising clients on a wide variety of sophisticated business transactions, employee benefit plan matters, corporate governance questions, and business/succession planning issues. He has also worked with non-profit organizations on a number of different tax and corporate matters.

In addition to clients residing in western Pennsylvania, Mike regularly works with clients located throughout the state of Florida.

Undergraduate School

  • B.S. Accounting - Juniata College - Huntingdon, Pennsylvania - 2002

Law School

  • J.D. - Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University - Carlisle, Pennsylvania - 2005
    cum laude, Woolsack Honor Society

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania
  • Florida

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
  • United States Tax Court

Memberships & Associations

  • American Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Erie County Bar Association, Estates & Trusts Section Leadership Committee 
  • Florida Bar Association
  • Mercyhurst College Institutional Review Board

Noteworthy

  • Member, Funding Work Group for RETHINK ERIE, The Community College Initiative for Northwestern Pennsylvania