Contact Information

1901 Harrison Street 9th Floor

Oakland, CA 94612-3501

510.273.8780

tcapriola@mhalaw.com

Practice Focus

Public Law

Litigation

Redevelopment

Thomas S. Capriola | Attorney

Professional Experience

Tom Capriola joined McDonough Holland & Allen PC in 2007 as a member of the firm’s Public Law practice group in Oakland. His practice includes advisory, litigation, and transactional services to cities, counties, redevelopment agencies and other public entities. As a summer associate with the firm in 2006, Tom gained valuable experience in a wide range of municipal issues including Proposition 218 compliance, land use, public contracting, city ordinances, and public agency litigation.

Tom has interned for the San Francisco City Attorney's Office and has served as a legislative correspondent for Congressman Doug Ose, United States House of Representatives. Prior to law school, Tom spent nine months in the Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs, a full-time, post-graduate fellowship that included internships at numerous private and public agencies in the Bay Area, including the San Francisco Public Defender's Office, Stone & Youngberg LLC, Alameda County Office of Education, California Teachers' Association, and Silicon Valley Leadership Group.

Presentations/Publications

"The State of Philanthropy in the Bay Area," The Commonwealth Club of California (2004)

Leadership Positions

Member, Alameda County Bar Association

Past Board Member, King Hall Legal Foundation

Clerkships

Legal Intern, San Francisco City Attorney's Office, 2005

Honors/Awards

Coro Northern California: Fellow in Public Affairs (2003-2004)

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Admitted to Practice

State Bar of California, 2007

Education

University of California,
Davis School of Law

J.D., 2007

Senior Articles Editor, UC Davis Journal of International Law & Policy

University of California, Berkeley

B.A., Political Science, 2001

Minor, Religious Studies