Paul M. Jonna

Partner at LiMandri & Jonna LLP & Special Counsel to @ThomasMoreSoc. Focusing on complex civil litigation. Catholic, husband, father of 8.

[Thomas More Society @ThomasMoreSoc]

🚨 In today’s @WSJopinion, San Francisco’s @ArchCordileone and Oakland’s Bishop Barber lend their voices to condemn California’s prosecution of pro-life ministries @HeartbeatIntl & @RealOptionsSBay and their speech about Abortion Pill Reversal.

Must read.

[Thomas More Society @ThomasMoreSoc]

"What kind of people see a pregnant woman who wants to reverse the effects of an abortion pill and think, 'Let’s punish the nonprofits that informed her she has a choice'?"

@ArchCordileone and Bishop Barber in @WSJopinion.

Link below. 🔗

[The Washington Stand @WSHStand]

“If the Attorney General prevails and our clients cannot deliver free, truthful, and lifesaving information to women who request it, then countless babies that could survive may not," argued @ThomasMoreSoc's @PaulJonna.

[Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone @ArchCordileone]

Please pray for the attorneys defending vulnerable women in the CA v. Heartbeat International case and pray for the women seeking to reverse abortion pills.  Using commercial fraud statutes to shut down access to full medical information and the full range of freedom of choice is an abuse of power by the state of CA, especially given zero complaints and saved lives.

https://t.co/8iNr0656F9

[Thomas More Society @ThomasMoreSoc]

ICYMI: After years of investigation and discovery, California's Attorney General has not found a single woman who was harmed or deceived by Abortion Pill Reversal. Only happy mothers with healthy babies.

Yet, he still wants to fine @HeartbeatIntl & @Realoptionsc $20M+ for sharing truthful, lifesaving information.

We began trial this week defending both pro-life ministries. Read TMS Special Counsel @PaulJonna's full opening statement for the defense: https://t.co/1upKABtUjn

[Thomas More Society @ThomasMoreSoc]

🚨 The California AG wants $20M+ from two pro-life orgs for telling women about Abortion Pill Reversal.

Trial in this major case began on June 24. Here's what TMS Special Counsel @PaulJonna told the court in our Defense's opening statement this week: https://t.co/PG4osYgDMZ

[Thomas More Society @ThomasMoreSoc]

PRESS RELEASE: Relying entirely on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Thomas More Society's case, Mirabelli v. Bonta, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit yesterday enjoined enforcement of key provisions of California’s AB 1955—the state law that prohibited school districts from adopting parental notification policies regarding a minor student’s “gender identity.”

Read: https://t.co/wi94XfVEYZ

[Thomas More Society @ThomasMoreSoc]

"At the end of the day, the law requires favored treatment for religious beliefs and the county's message to [Little] and to others like him that their religious beliefs don't matter clearly is unconstitutional and discriminatory," TMS Special Counsel @PaulJonna tells @FoxNews.

Read: https://t.co/PDAnxuHJlj

[Fox News @FoxNews]

A Christian lifeguard captain says he was punished for refusing to raise a Pride flag.

Jeffrey Little says L.A. County first approved his religious exemption request, then reversed course days later and suspended him after he declined to participate.

According to the lawsuit, supervisors told him his “religious beliefs do not matter” because he was a county employee.

Now the dispute is moving closer to a federal courtroom showdown over religious accommodations in the workplace.

[Thomas More Society @ThomasMoreSoc]

🚨🚨 HEARING ALERT: Court to Consider Ending California's Lawsuit Against Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers Over Abortion Pill Reversal Information. Read: https://t.co/TnBydBiFPW

[Tom Fitton @TomFitton]

Government abuse of power to advance radical agenda costs taxpayers....

[Thomas More Society @ThomasMoreSoc]

🗣️ A Restore San Diego panel featuring Special Counsel @PaulJonna, @AndrewHayesCA, an elected school board member from the Lakeside Union School District, and the Founder of Restore San Diego, @amyforsandiego.

[Paul M. Jonna @PaulJonna]

“California fought this case at every turn with meritless arguments and procedural gamesmanship, said Paul M. Jonna, Special Counsel at Thomas More Society and Partner at LiMandri & Jonna LLP. “The writing was on the wall in September 2023, when Judge Benitez issued a ground-breaking Preliminary Injunction with the controlling legal analysis. Rational government actors would have abandoned these dangerous policies then and there. Instead, California officials doubled down, wasted taxpayer resources, and left them holding the bag for this $4.5 million fee award. The State Defendants should be held fully accountable both for their reprehensible and dangerous policies, and also for their decision to fight this losing battle in the first place. Fortunately for the nation, their intransigence backfired and provided a great blessing: a U.S. Supreme Court order undoing gender secrecy policies for the country.”  

“This fee award reflects the enormous amount of work it took to overcome a state government that tried to cut parents out of decisions about their own children’s upbringing and well-being,” Jonna added. “We brought this case because Elizabeth Mirabelli and Lori Ann West asked their school district to respect their rights and the rights of parents—and were told no. This order confirms that California’s decision to trample parental rights was not only unconstitutional, but costly. Every school district and government official is now on notice and should ensure full compliance with the Court’s injunction.”

[Thomas More Society @ThomasMoreSoc]

🚨 BREAKING: A federal court has ordered California to pay $4.52 MILLION in attorneys' fees in Mirabelli v. Bonta—our landmark parental rights case challenging California's policy of concealing children's gender transitions from their parents.

Full details, court order, and reactions: https://t.co/UtgjZRuhVv

"A $4.5 million fee award sends an unmistakable message to state governments and school districts across the country: if you trample the constitutional rights of parents, you will pay for it—literally," reacted @peterbreen.

In an 8-page order, Judge Benitez granted the full fee petition and placed the blame squarely on California's own litigation strategy—detailing a pattern of "litigation intransigence," including repeated motions to dismiss after prior ones were denied, filing an appeal without waiting for the Court's ruling, and twice withdrawing arguments after they were "shown to be inarguably meritless."

"California fought this case at every turn with meritless arguments and procedural gamesmanship... This order confirms that California’s decision to trample parental rights was not only unconstitutional, but costly. Every school district and government official is now on notice and should ensure full compliance with the Court’s injunction," reacted @PaulJonna.

Judge Benitez also noted that California continues to resist the ruling even after its Supreme Court loss, litigating "based on the thinnest of arguments" and filing a motion to modify the very injunction SCOTUS reviewed and reinstated.

Thomas More Society will continue to enforce Mirabelli nationwide. Any school district or state that tries to cut parents out of their children's lives should expect the same result.

[Thomas More Society @ThomasMoreSoc]

JUST IN: Four days after losing at the Supreme Court in Mirabelli v. Bonta, California ran to the Ninth Circuit asking them to water down our victory for parental rights.

We just filed our opposition brief to put the kibosh on that.

Read it below👇

[National Review @NRO]

RADIO FREE CALIFORNIA: Following a smashing victory in a federal court, attorney Paul Jonna describes the SCOTUS's dramatic intervention to end California’s determination to hide student gender-transition plans from parents. | @WillSwaim & @DavidBahnsen https://t.co/qRqSgIvozM

[Thomas More Society @ThomasMoreSoc]

🗣️“I have spent three years as Special Counsel at @ThomasMoreSoc litigating Mirabelli v. Bonta all the way to the highest court in the land,” says @PaulJonna in @californiapost & @nypost. “The governor’s response tells you everything about why this case had to go all the way.” ⬇️

[Thomas More Society @ThomasMoreSoc]

Want to know how the Supreme Court came to rule against secret gender transition policies?

It started with two brave teachers, parents, a class action—and now protects parental rights nationwide.

Explore our full Mirabelli v. Bonta timeline ⬇️

https://t.co/jik1y4ub4E

[Thomas More Society @ThomasMoreSoc]

Oh, really?

[Thomas More Society @ThomasMoreSoc]

EXCLUSIVE @NRO: Elizabeth Mirabelli & Lori West, the teachers that led our Supreme Court case—Mirabelli v. Bonta—against California's secret gender transition policies, tell their story:

California Told Us to Deceive Parents, but We Said No
https://t.co/t0jgcPcjjG