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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
Co-author, "O.W.L. Foundation Case Sets Precedent for Analyzing Adequacy of Water Supply Assessments for Projects," McDonough Public Law Bulletin, November 2008
"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 | 