Alden A. Thomas
Shareholder
EducationEmployment LitigationDefamationEmployment
Alden Thomas is a shareholder at Jaburg Wilk. Her practice focuses on education and employment law as well as commercial litigation, representing students, employees and employers.
- Admitted
- Arizona, 2014
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Assistant: Joy Brown, (602) 248-1085

About Alden
Alden chairs the firm’s Employment and Education Law Departments. She assists employees and employers with wage and hour disputes, harassment and discrimination claims, restrictive covenant disputes, whistleblower claims, and federal and state compliance issues. In her education practice, she assists students and educators with residency, tuition, disability accommodation, discrimination and retaliation, disciplinary matters, and tenure and promotion disputes. Alden has substantial experience representing clients in state and federal court, private arbitration, mediation, and in administrative proceedings. Her wide array of experience affords her unique insight into how to best protect her clients’ interests.
Alden has been recognized as a Southwest Super Lawyer Rising Star, Best Lawyers One to Watch, and Phoenix Magazine Top Attorney. Before entering private practice, she clerked for the Honorable Patricia Orozco (Ret.) at the Arizona Court of Appeals.
Alden enjoys giving back to her community and currently volunteers for the Times Up Legal Defense Fund. She served on the Board of Directors for Audrey’s Angels, and she has also coached multiple undergraduate and law school moot court teams. In 2017, the ASU Law Moot Court Board named her the Coach of the Year after her Representation in Mediation team placed third at the ABA’s national competition. Alden won the national championship as a competitor in law school.
Reviews
5.0 average rating
34 reviews received for Alden, 34 published on our review site.
Ms. Thomas effectively resolved my employment dispute concerning termination of a contract, and I am so grateful for her extensive knowledge and wonderful service. I give Ms. Thomas my highest recommendations.
Client reviewconsulted attorneyAvvo
I retained Alden for a matter concerning my residency reclassification at the university I attend in AZ. I have lived in AZ for a number of years and have made it my permanent home but I was still paying out-of-state tuition at my university. I was referred to Alden because of her excellent reputation, where she has developed a specialized expertise of this nuanced residency reclassification issue with AZ universities. The applicable state laws and university regulations are difficult to understand and interpret for any college student trying to change their residency classification to "in state" in AZ. Alden understands all these laws & regulations and more importantly, she knows what evidence AZ universities consider most important in making reclassification decisions. She was a patient guide in assisting me with my reclassification paperwork and helping me with a lot of other things I did not know about during this stressful process. I'm happy to share my Petition was granted.
Client reviewJoeMartindale-Hubbell
Alden is an excellent attorney. She is professional and a true advocate for her clients. Her level of expertise is stellar. I highly recommend her. She made the process easy to understand and she was very responsive to any questions I had.
Client reviewLoriMartindale-Hubbell
Reviews describe individual clients’ experiences; results depend on the facts of each matter.
Awards and recognition
- Phoenix Business Journal’s "40 Under Forty", Class of 2026
- Best Lawyers in America, 2026
- Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, 2023 to 2025
- Martindale-Hubbell Client Champion Platinum, 2023 to 2026
- Martindale-Hubbell Client Champion Gold, 2021, 2022
- Martindale-Hubbell Client Champion Silver, 2020
- Southwest Super Lawyer, Rising Star, 2020 to 2026
- Phoenix Magazine - Top Lawyer, Education, Labor & Employment, 2022 to 2026
- AVVO Rated - Superb
- CALI Award Recipient Lodestar Mediation Clinic
- Ladder Down, Class of 2017
Recognitions reflect the selection methods of the organizations that give them. About awards and rankings
Articles
Jaburg Wilk Shareholder Alden A. Thomas Named to Phoenix Business Journal’s 2026 Class of 40 Under Forty
Arizona Minimum Wage Increases on January 1, 2026
Jaburg Wilk Partner Speaking for Summary Judgment Motions in Employment Law
24 Jaburg Wilk Attorneys Named as 2025 Top Lawyer by Phoenix Magazine
Arizona Minimum Wage Increases on January 1, 2025
Jaburg Wilk partner Thomas Panelist at Epilepsy Foundation Arizona Enterprising Women Luncheon
Professional affiliations
- State Bar of Arizona: Employment and Labor Section, State Bar Convention Committee, 2021-present
- Arizona State Bar, Member
- Arizona Women's Lawyers Association, Member
- Ladder Down, Member, 2017
Community involvement
- TIME'S UP Legal Defense Fund, Member
- Employment 411, Member
- Audrey’s Angels, Former Board of Directors, 2020-2025
- Texas Exes – Phoenix Chapter, Former Board of Directors, 2020-2025
- Arizona Lawyers Employment Lawyers Association, Annual Convention Committee, 2019-present
- ASU Law, Moot Court Coach of the Year, 2017
Education
- J.D., Arizona State University, 2014
- B.A, University of Texas at Austin, 2010, (Highest Honors)
Bar admissions
- Arizona, 2014
- United States District Court, District of Arizona, 2016
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