Grande Named National Trial Lawyer of the Year
Washington, DC July 21, 2021
Thomas Grande and co-counsel Carl Varady have been named National Trial Lawyers of the Year by Public Justice for their work on the Kalima v State case. To view the video shown at the celebration gala, click here. To read Mr. Grande’s acceptance speech, click here
2012 – 2021 – Best Lawyers in America
Mr. Grande was the first qui tam attorney recognized by his peers as a Best Lawyer and is a two-time honoree as Hawai’i Class Action Lawyer of the Year. Grande is the only Hawai’i attorney recognized for Consumer Protection Law, Qui Tam Law, and Privacy and Data Security Law. He was also recognized for Civil Rights Law and Employment Law.
2012 – 2021 – Best Law Firms
Grande Law Offices has been recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of the Best Law Firms in the United States for Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs; Civil Rights Law and Employment Law.
2008 – 2021 – Super Lawyer
Mr. Grande has been named a Super Lawyer, which recognizes outstanding legal professionals each year. Mr. Grande was selected for work in two of his practice areas — class actions/mass torts and consumer litigation.
1999 – 2021 – Editor in Chief Emeritus
American Bar Association
Survey of State Class Action Law
Mr. Grande is editor in chief emeritus of the ABA Survey of State Class Action law, a publication co-founded by him in 1999. The Survey is published in Newberg on Class Actions and Consumer Class Actions, two of the pre-eminent publications on class action law and practice and is a source book for the ABA Annual National Institute on Class Actions.
Top Rated Lawyer in Healthcare
Thomas Grande has been selected by the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer and Corporate Counsel as a Top Rated Lawyer in Healthcare.
2012 – Alumni of the Year Award
Advocates for Public Interest Law
William S. Richardson School of Law
University of Hawai’i
Mr. Grande was selected by the University of Hawaii Advocates for Public Interest Law for its Alumni of the Year Award for inspiring and important public interest legal work.
2010 – Unsung Hero Award
Hawaii’s Thousand Friends
Mr. Grande was given the Unsung Hero Award by Hawaii’s Thousand Friends for pro bono litigation on behalf of environmental issues.
2008 – Dean’s Alumnus of the Year
William S. Richardson School of Law
University of Hawai’i
Mr. Grande was honored at the 5th Annual All Class Reunion of the William S. Richardson School of Law.
Mr. Grande is a member of the Class of 1985, where he received the Susan McKay Memorial Moot Court Award, was a two-year member of the National Moot Court Team, an academic selection to the University of Hawai’i Law Review and selected to be a law clerk to the Honorable Edward King, Chief Justice, Federated States of Micronesia Supreme Court in Pohnpei, Micronesia.
2006 – The C. Frederick Schutte Award
Hawaii State Bar Association
Mr. Grande‘s former firm (Davis Levin Livingston Grande) received this award for outstanding and meritorious service to the legal community in the provision of legal services to community organizations.
2005 – Harriet Bouslog Loio Ku Kahi Award
American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii
Mr. Grande‘s former firm (Davis Levin Livingston Grande) received this award from the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii for exceptional legal contributions to civil liberties.
2000 – Outstanding Delivery of Legal Services
Hawai’i Lawyers Care (Volunteer Legal Services of Hawai’i
Mr. Grande received this award from Hawai’i Lawyers Care for the creation of Children with Lawyers, a program to deliver pro bono legal services to children.
2000 – Outstanding Service to the Community
City and County of Honolulu
Mr. Grande received this award from the City and County of Honolulu for oustanding service to the community for the establishment of Na Keiki Law Center of Hawaii.
1994 – Outstanding Delivery of Legal Services
Hawai’i Lawyers Care (Volunteer Legal Services of Hawai’i
Mr. Grande received this award from Hawai’i Lawyers Care for his volunteer work on behalf of low-income Hawai’i residents in establishing the “gap group” program in conjunction with the Hawai’i State Bar Association Lawyer and Referral Service.
1982 – Recognition of Outstanding Service
Common Cause/Hawai’i
Mr. Grande received this award from Common Cause/Hawai’i for his public advocacy work on behalf of Hawai’i voters
1979 – Deepest Appreciation of Service
Waimanalo Council of Community Organizations
Mr. Grande received this award from the Waimanalo Council of Community Organizatiuons in recognition of his work as a VISTA Volunteer and other community activities.
Tribute to America’s Best Lawyers
Thomas Grande’s Interview on Sky Radio’s “Tribute to America’s Best Lawyers” – Whistleblower Protection in America
