Thomas Mesereau
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About
Attorney who has represented celebrities including Bill Cosby, Mike Tyson, Suge Knight, and Robert Blake. He defended Michael Jackson in his 2005 child molestation trial. That year, Barbara Walters named him to her 10 Most Fascinating People list.
Before Fame
He attended Harvard University and earned a master's degree from the London School of Economics. He earned his law degree at the University of California.
Trivia
After graduation, he worked at a civil law firm before joining the Orange County District Attorney's Office. In 1992, he started his own firm and began doing criminal defense work.
Family Life
In 2015, he married Alice Wang. They have a daughter named Elaina Liu.
Associated With
In 2023, he and his co-counsel were sanctioned for sharing confidential information in the Danny Masterson case with a Church of Scientology lawyer.
