Thomas Willhite is a former California trial court judge from 1990 to 2005, and an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Four from 2005 to 2013. 

He has been a guest lecturer on comparative criminal procedure at la Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali (LUISS), Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, l’Università Degli Studenti di Napoli Frederico II, e l’Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna.

He is currently a mediator with ADR Services, Inc., in Los Angeles, California.