BOARD SUPPORT- Robert S. Thompson Esq. (Resume)
ROBERT SIMMS THOMPSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW 308 North Elm St Tuskegee, AL 36083 PROFESSION: 38 years practicing attorney EDUCATION: 1967-1968: United States Army, Vietnam Veteran June 1972: General Education Development (GED) Armstrong Adult Education Center, Washington, D.C. 1972-1976: Morgan State University, Class of 1976 Sociology Major President of Student Government Association 1976-1979: Howard University, School of Law, J.D.; Cum Laude, 6th in class of 155; American Juris Prudence Award for highest grade in Civil Procedure; American Juris Prudence Award for highest grade in Federal Income Taxation; Associate Editor for Howard University School of Law, Law Journal; Editor of the Journal of Criminal Procedure for the District of Columbia, published by the Howard University School of Law, Law Journal. Student clerk for Attorney Herbert O. Reid, Charles Hamilton, Houston, Chair, Civil Rights Scholar, and one of the authors of the Brown v. Board of Education, Brief filed in the United States Supreme Court. Professor Reid was considered to be one of the fathers of the legal strategies to dismantle segregation in education. Note the following law school grades related to Business Law: Small Business Law 90 Contracts 88 Federal Tax 95 Business Organ 89 Land Finance 93 Prof Entertainment Law 88 Commercial Law 81 Corporation 90 Publications: Congress' Right to Unilaterally Abrogate Indian Treaties, 22 Howard Law 232 (1978) PAGE 2 On Brief: The Regents of the University of California vs. Allan Bakke, in the United States Supreme Court (first U.S. Supreme Court Case Challenging Affirmative Action in Higher Education) United Steel Workers of America vs. Brian Weber, in the United States Supreme Court (First U.S. Supreme Court Case Challenging Affirm act Action in Employment) PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Dec. 1985 - Present: Attorney At Law, Private Practice, Tuskegee, Alabama, Civil Trial Lawyer 2009 – 2013: Alabama State Bar Board of Commissioners (Regulatory Body that regulates attorneys who are members of the Alabama State Bar Association) 1995 – 2000: Alabama State Bar Board of Bar Examiners (Administered essay portion of bar exam for Civil Procedure) May 1991 – Aug. 1998: Part-Time, Municipal Court Judge, Tuskegee, Alabama March 1981 – Sept. 1982: Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Alabama, Chief Litigator Medicaid Fraud Division May 1979 - March 1981: Associate in the Law Firm of Beveridge, Fairbanks And Diamond, Washington, D.C. Corporate Law, Securities Law, Commercial Civil Litigation, Entertainment Law Teaching Experiences: Adjunct Professor in the Political Science Dept. Aug. 25, 1999 – Dec. 14, 1999 Introduction to Public Law Jan 12, 2000 – May 9, 2000 American Constitutional Law Aug. 23, 2000-Dec. 12, 2000 Introduction to Public Law Aug. 22, 2001- Dec. 11, 2001 Introduction to Public Law PAGE 3 Jan. 10, 2007 to May 8, 2007 American Constitutional Law Aug. 22, 2007 to Dec. 14, 2007 American Constitutional Law Aug. 27, 2008 – Dec. 16, 2008 American Constitutional Law Member Professional Organizations: American Bar Association Alabama Bar Association America Trial Lawyers Association National Bar Association Alabama Lawyers Association Association of Trial Lawyers of America, National College of Advocacy, Advocate Other Organizations: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity (Boule) |