Stephen J. Thomas is the founding attorney and serves as the Managing Attorney for TBLG. He received his Bachelor of Arts with Honors from Trinity College. Mr. Thomas has practiced law since earning his J.D. in 1985 from the University of Southern California Law Center. He began his career at McKiernan, Gurrola, Moriwaki, and Brady where he specialized in corporate real-estate transactions and construction for Pacific Rim companies. Eventually he moved to Illinois where he worked at Heyl, Royster, Voelker, and Allen where he specialized in litigation for intellectual property and trade regulation. He eventually left to found his own firm which is now TBLG with offices in California and Illinois with affiliate offices in China.

On the rare occasions he is not in his office he can be found, reading and writing poetry, perusing his extensive comic book collection, and playing one of his many guitars.

Elaine Chao Thomas serves as the Head of Client Relations for TBLG. Mrs. Thomas is the main point of contact for TBLG and marshals the resources of the firm and its complex network of lawyers and consultants across the globe to insure the client is getting the best counsel, both legal and professional, that the transaction or situation requires. She received her degree from Shih Hsin University in 1972. After starting her career running a government radio station she founded a clothing manufacture exporting finished product to Japan and eventually expanded to commercial restate management where her firm ran shopping centers across Taiwan.

Mrs. Thomas desire to empower women in government and the corporate world led her to found, and serve as the president of the Joy Luck Club, a not for profit organization for international relations among women of the world.

Myles Lewis Alexander was educated at Sarah Lawrence College, the London School of Economics, and The University of Chicago with a concentration in Economics, specifically the financial markets. He began his career as an Associate with Zeus Capital Advisors in their de novo banking group, specializing in Islamic financial products.  After ZCA was sold to Northern Trust, he went to work at an options house, TradeMonster, with a focus on tech and financial contracts. After a stint there Myles left the finance community for five years to pursue a dream and race triathlons at a professional level.  When he retired from professional triathlon he put his degree and knowledge of finical products back to work for The Walsh Group, where he eventually lead Lease Back financial design for three years. Alexander serves as Head of Operations for TBLG as well as managing partner of Far Point Global. Along with his internal operations role he frequently advises with clients on complex financial transactions, investments, construction, and real estate transactions.

In addition to his work at the firm, he is an active member of the arts community in Chicago and Los Angeles and sits on the junior boards of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Art Institute of Chicago, and the Alumni Board for Sarah Lawrence College.  In his spare time he loves cycling and running, cooking with his wife, giving Freddy (a Shih Tzu) belly rubs, playing with is young daughter, and sitting in his chair listening to jazz with a nice single malt scotch and cigar in hand.  

Julie Wei serves as the firms chief Paralegal.

Roger Cao serves as the primary Legal Assistant for the Leadership Team. Born and raised in Shanghai he was an avid fencer and represented Shanghai in national competitions. He eventually immigrated with his family to the United Sates to attended the University of California, San Diego where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. He is fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Shanghainese.

When not in the office insuring the leadership team is up to date on current matters he is honing up his E-Sports skills and enjoying road trips.