Thomas Patrick Deaton Jr

Appeals & Appellate

Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals

Criminal Law

Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes

• Constitutional Law

Illinois

Since 1981

Missouri

Since 1980

solo practitioner

Thomas Patrick Deaton Jr. Attorney at Law

2006 - Current

Practices law, concentrating in criminal defense, in St. Louis.

assistant attorney general

Missouri Attorney General

2004 - 2005

Worked in consumer protection division.

acting chairman

Labor and Industrial Relations Commission

2003 - 2004

Appointed by the governor to serve as the lawyer-member and public's representative on the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission, a quasi-judicial administrative agency.

associate

Newburger & Vossmeyer, LLC

1999 - 2003

Worked as trial and appellate lawyer for small firm in St. Louis representing plaintiffs.

Circuit Judge, Div. 1, Thirty-First Judicial Circuit

Missouri Judiciary

1998 - 1998

Served as circuit judge in Greene County, Missouri, after appointment to the bench by Governor Carnahan.

solo practitioner

Thomas Patrick Deaton Jr. Attorney at Law

1989 - 1998

Worked as criminal defense lawyer in Springfield, Missouri.

associate

Margulis and Grant, P.C.

1987 - 1989

Performed trial and appellate work for criminal defense law firm in St. Louis.

public defender

Missouri State Public Defender

1983 - 1986

Served as head of a regional public defender office in southwest Missouri.

assistant public defender

St. Louis County Public Defender

1981 - 1983

Worked as assistant public defender for the trial and appeal of criminal cases in state court.

Harvard University

M.P.A. | Public Administration

1986 - 1987

Saint Louis University School of Law

J.D.

1977 - 1980

University of Virginia

B.A. | History

1969 - 1973

Expunging a criminal conviction in Missouri: Lessons learned

Journal of the Missouri Bar

August 3, 2020