PRACTICE AREAS
Agricultural Law
Church Law
Energy Law
Environmental Law
Health Care Law
Land Use and Development
Municipal and
Public Agency law
Natural Resources
Transportation
Water Law

EDUCATION
A.B. University of California, Berkeley, 1955
J.D., Boalt Hall, University of California, 1958

CONTACT INFORMATION
Neumiller & Beardslee
(209) 948-8200
FAX (209) 948-4910
E-mail tshephard@neumiller.com
509 W. Weber Avenue,
5th Floor
Stockton, CA 95203

Thomas J. Shephard, Sr., is the senior principal at Neumiller & Beardslee. Mr. Shephard, in the course of more than 49 years’ practice, has developed particular expertise in the fields of water agencies and water rights, environmental issues, flood control, mining, transportation, energy law, and church law.

Prior to going into private practice, Mr. Shephard served as Deputy County Counsel of San Joaquin County. Currently he serves as either General or Special Counsel for a number of water agencies and other governmental agencies such as the Port of Stockton. Long active in water development issues for public agencies and private individuals, Mr. Shephard currently represents many public agencies, including water districts, from a number of regions of the State.

Presently, Mr. Shephard serves as a member of the San Joaquin County  Historical Society and  Museum and is Vice President of the San Joaquin County Business Council. He was previously Chairman of the Board of Directors for St. Joseph’s Hospital of Stockton and Chairman and Trustee of the San Joaquin County Board of Education. He has also served as President of the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce, the San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum, and the Yosemite Association.

Mr. Shephard was born in Modesto, California, and attended school there through high school. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, with an A.B. in Political Science-Agricultural Economics and received his law degree from Boalt Hall, University of California. He is a member of the San Joaquin County Bar Association, the State Bar of California, and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Mr. Shephard is rated “AV” (the highest possible rating) by Martindale-Hubbell, the standard directory of attorneys in the United States. He was admitted to practice in California in 1958 and is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Eastern and Northern Districts of California, and the U.S. Supreme Court.