biography

Mr. Thompson is a seasoned business litigator with over 25 years of experience representing and advising corporate, government, non-profit, entertainment and individual clients in a variety of practice areas, including corporate governance, complex commercial disputes, technology and intellectual property matters, franchising/licensing disputes, employment practices, tort and products liability and medical malpractice defense. In addition to providing pre-trial counseling and litigation representation, Mr. Thompson also leads internal investigations and conducts risk management training for corporate clients to effectively identify and mitigate risk.  He regularly appears in federal and state courts and handles mediations and arbitrations throughout the country.

Before FisherBroyles, Mr. Thompson was General Counsel of a global software solutions provider with over 9000 customers in over 100 countries, advising its executive leadership team regarding litigation, corporate governance, intellectual property, employment practices and general corporate matters, and previously served as its Chief Litigation Counsel managing the company’s global litigation activity. Mr. Thompso...

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  • Corporate Experience

    Aptean, Vice President and General Counsel

  • Community & Civic Involvement (Past & Present)
    • Per Scholas (Atlanta Advisory Board)
    • Remerge, Inc. (Vice Chair, Board of Directors)
    • Nockamixon Impact Development (Advisory Board)
    • Atlanta Business League (General Counsel)
    • Atlanta Legal Diversity Consortium (Board of Directors)
    • Atlanta Bar CLE Board of Trustees (Chair)
    • Atlanta Bar Association Judicial Selection & Tenure Committee (Member)
    • Joseph H. Lumpkin American Inn of Court (Barrister)
  • Awards
    • Listed in 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for Commercial Litigation
    • Georgia Super Lawyers – Rising Star
    • National Black Lawyers Top 100
    • Who’s Who in Black Atlanta
  • Presentations & Teaching Experience
    • American Institute for Managing Diversity’s Management Series for Law Firm Leaders, Panelist, September 2008
    • State Bar of Georgia 16th Annual Diversity CLE & Luncheon, Panelist, September 2008
    • CLE by the Hour, Seminar Chair, Atlanta Bar Association, 2004-2007
    • An Avian Flu Pandemic: How a Public Health Emergency Might Affect the Law, Commerce and Society, Planning Committee, Atlanta Bar Association, November 2006
    • Diversity & CLE, Seminar Co-chair and Moderator, Atlanta Bar Association, May 2005
    • Discovery: Extracting the Good Stuff, Presenter, Atlanta Bar CLE Series, October 2004; Atlanta Bar CLE by the Hour, December 2004
    • Electromagnetic Field and Cell Phone Litigation, Presenter, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, November 2003
    • Adjunct Instructor, Constitutional Law, Upper Iowa University, Fort Riley, Kansas, 1997
  • Publications
    • Kenneth Thompson, Jr., Author, Managing Risk with Litigation Alternatives, Atlanta Tribune Magazine (March 2007)
    • Kenneth Thompson, Jr., Author, Protecting Against Software Piracy Police, Atlanta Tribune Magazine (December 2006)
    • Kenneth Thompson, Jr., Contributing Author, Trial Tactics Defense Litigation Manual, Defense Research Institute (August 2006)
    • Kenneth Thompson, Jr., Author, Franchising: The New Entrepreneurship, Atlanta Tribune Magazine (December 2005)

 

 

Atlanta

Kenneth Thompson

Partner

[email protected]

+1.770.722.7404

Credentials

Admissions

Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Education

The U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s School

Howard University School of Law, J.D., Cum Laude
Florida A&M University, B.S., Business Administration

Prior Law Firm Experience

Troutman Pepper LLP
Carlton Fields, PA

Practice Areas