Consumer Protection Attorneys

• Board Certified in Consumer and Commercial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization,
• Rated "AV" Martindale-Hubbell highest rating for attorneys
• A former Assistant Texas Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division/Regional Manager with more than 25 years of experience in handling consumer claims,  
• Council Member of the State Bar of Texas Consumer Law Section,
• Past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Commercial and Consumer Law Section of the Houston Bar Association and continues to serve on its Board of Directors. 
• Adjunct Professor, University of Houston, Consumer Law.  

 Mr. Tomlinson is admitted to practice in Texas and before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas. He is a graduate of the George Washington University Law School (J.D., 1979), and Oberlin College (B.A. 1974). 

Mr. Tomlinson is a frequent contributing author and speaker on consumer law topics, recent articles include:

• “Hodgepodge of Consumer Issues Affecting Bankruptcy Practitioners,” presentation at monthly meeting of Houston Association of Debtor Attorneys on January 14, 2005
• “Representing Consumers in Failed Yo-Yo Transactions,” presentation at “Consumer Law: Doing Well by Doing Good” CLE sponsored by the Consumer Law Section of the State Bar of Texas in Dallas, Texas on November 11, 2004
• "Car Title Disputes Arising Out of Sales Out of Trust,” presentation at “Consumer Law: Doing Well by Doing Good” CLE sponsored by the Consumer Law Section of the State Bar of Texas in Dallas, Texas on November 11, 2004
•  “Deceptive Auto Sales: Odometer Rollbacks and Undisclosed Wreck Damage,” presentation at CLE sponsored by Houston Bar Association on November 10, 2004
• “Automobile Litigation: Disputes Among Consumers, Dealers, Finance Companies and Floorplanners,” presentation at CLE sponsored by Houston Bar Association on November 7, 2003
• “Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Texas Debt Collection Act,” presentation at Lorman CLE entitled Judgment Enforcement in Texas, July 9, 2003.
• “2003 Consumer Law Update,” presentation at CLE sponsored by Commercial & Consumer Law Section of Houston Bar Association, May 14, 2003.
• “Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Texas Debt Collection Act,” presentation at Lorman CLE entitled Judgment Enforcement in Texas, February 21, 2002.
• “2001 Consumer Law Update,” presentation at Texas Bar Association CLE entitled “State Bar College Summer School,” July 28, 2001.
• “Show Me the Money! Consumer Finance Issues: Usury, Truth-in-Lending and Home Equity Amendment,” presentation at Houston Bar Association CLE entitled “Everything You Need to Know about Insurance and Consumer Law,” May 14, 1999.
• Chapter on “Telemarketing Fraud” in “Consumer Law Handbook” published by the Commercial & Consumer Law Section of the Houston Bar Association initially in 1998.