Tom Guterres maintains a litigation practice, with primary focus on public entity liability, civil rights, employment law, products liability and construction law. Of Portuguese-Japanese ancestry, he grew up in Nicaragua until the Sandinista revolution of 1979. Because of that war, his family had to flee to the U.S. via Guatemala. His Japanese ancestry dates back to the 1800’s in Japan.
Tom received his B.A. in International Relations from Boston University in 1987. He is fluent in Spanish and proficient in Japanese and Portuguese. He earned his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School and is admitted to practice in the State of California. As a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, he serves on the Juvenile Court Task Force. He is also a member of the Pasadena Bar Association, the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, the Multi-Cultural Bar Alliance (President 2003); and the Dependency Court Tort Committee 2004 - 2007). Mr. Guterres has served on the Japanese American Bar Association Judicial Appointments Committee, its Board of Governors, as its Treasurer, President-Elect, and President. He has also been on the Advisory Board for the Asian Pacific American Legal Center and Cardigan Mountain School Alumni Association.
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