Thomas Arthur Mesereau, Jr. (born July 1, 1950) is an American lawyer. He is best known for defending Michael Jackson in his child molestation trial during 2005. He works with another lawyer called Susan Yu. Mesereau lives in Los Angeles.
Mesereau started a free legal clinic in the Morningside United Church of Christ in Los Angeles. He wrote the foreword for Aphrodite Jones' book Michael Jackson Conspiracy (2007).
In 2005 the magazine GQ put him on their list of "Men of the Year".[2]