Tina Taylor Thomas was born in Toledo, Ohio and raised in the Northwest Ohio village of Walbridge. The daughter of an ironworker, Robert Steadman Taylor and the sister of a retired NCO with the USAF, Robert L. Taylor, Ms. Thomas grew up in a large and loving Scottish Canadian family. She is the granddaughter of a Canadian stonemason and the great-granddaughter of a mariner from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland.
Ms. Thomas is a graduate of the University of Dayton and The Oklahoma City University School of Law. She is a multi-jurisdictional practicing trial attorney. She is the proud mother of a beautiful daughter, Alaina Diane Monsey. She and her husband, Eric P. Thomas, make their home in Dayton, Ohio with a loving golden retriever Lucy and labradoodle Kai Bear.