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Thomas D. Phelps

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Senior Counsel

Manatt Financial Services
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  • tphelps@manatt.com
  • Phone: 714.371.2520
  • Phone: 310.312.4141
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  • Orange County
  • Los Angeles
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  • California
Education
  • George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1963
    Board of Editors, George Washington Law Review

    Iowa State University, B.S., 1959

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Tom Phelps is a renowned banking attorney who has worked with scores of financial institutions throughout the country. As a founding partner in the firm, he boasts a long and distinguished career serving banking, thrift and nonbank financial institutions.

He is active in banking industry groups, including the California Bankers Association, where he previously served on the State Government Relations Committee and the Federal Government Relations Committee.

Tom has been a featured speaker at numerous seminars on law and banking and is frequently quoted in banking industry publications.

Honors & Awards

Honors & Awards

Recipient of the California Bankers Association’s 2014 Inaugural Chairman’s Award

Selected by peers to be listed in The Best Lawyers in America for over twenty years, and Orange County Banking and Finance “Lawyer of the Year” for 2012

Recipient of the Anti-Defamation League’s 2011 Marcus Kaufman Jurisprudence Award

Selected by peers to be listed as a “Southern California Super Lawyer” in the 2007-2010 annual editions of the Southern California Super Lawyers magazine

Recipient of the California Bankers Association’s 1999 Robert Frandzel Award

Recipient of the City of Hope’s Professions and Finance Associates’ 1992 Award of Hope

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Memberships

Admitted to practice in California

Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court

Past Chairman and Board Member, Orange County Business Council; Current Caucus Co-Chair of the Chairman’s CEO Leadership Caucus; and Chairman of annual Economic Forecast Conference

Member, California and Orange County Bar Associations

Member, California Bankers Association (past member, Federal Government Relations Committee and State Government Relations Committee)

Member, Board of Advisors, Chapman University School of Law

Past President of the Board of Trustees, South Coast Repertory Theater

Iowa State University Foundation Board of Governors

Board of Advisors, OneOC

Board of Advisors, U.S. Bank

Member, Dean’s Advisory Board, California State University, Fullerton, Mihaylo College of Business and Economics; Advisory Board, Center for Economic Analysis and Forecasting (CEAF); and Advisory Board, Center for Leadership

Past Director, Constitutional Rights Foundation

Past Congregation President, Mt. of Olives Lutheran Church

Board Member, Children’s Hospital of Orange County (present)

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    Best Lawyers in America Names 76 Manatt Attorneys to 2021 List

    Seventy-six Manatt attorneys have been named to the 2021 edition of the Best Lawyers in America report, which recognizes the nation’s leading...

  • 08.15.19

    Best Lawyers in America Names 64 Manatt Attorneys to 2020 List

    Sixty-four Manatt attorneys have been named to the 2020 edition of the Best Lawyers in America report, which recognizes the nation’s leading ...

  • 08.15.18

    64 Manatt Attorneys Named to 2019 Best Lawyers in America List

    Sixty-four Manatt partners have been named to Best Lawyers’ 2019 list of the Best Lawyers in America. This annual recogniti...

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