Profile of Ben Thompson, Attorney at Law
“Entrepreneur of the Year”
Millard Business Association’s 2008 Award Recipient
Phone/Fax: 402-934-0198, ext. 111
General Practice including but not limited to:
Employment Law | Neighborhood Associations | Business Law | Nonprofits | Estate Planning | Indian Law
Summary of Experience:
Ben Thompson is the President of Thompson Law Office, PC, LLO. Previously, Mr. Thompson was a founding and managing partner with Johnson Thompson LLP in Omaha, Nebraska, and an associate with Monteau & Peebles LLP. Prior to private practice, Mr. Thompson served as a judicial clerk to Justice John F. Wright with the Nebraska Supreme Court.
Mr. Thompson provides a perspective uniquely informed by his experience clerking for judges at both the trial and appellate levels. This experience, bolstered by his tenure as Senior Articles Editor for the Iowa Law Review, allowed Mr. Thompson to further refine his analytical research and writing skills. Mr. Thompson is as comfortable in the courtroom as he is in the boardroom.
Mr. Thompson has participated in the mediation, arbitration and litigation of various matters, including commercial transactions. He has assisted in the negotiation of intergovernmental cooperative agreements and the resolution of various disputes. Mr. Thompson has represented government and business entities as “in house” and outside legal counsel capacities.
In 2004, Mr. Thompson campaigned in a tightly contested race to represent southwest Omaha’s Legislative District 31 (LD31) as a state senator in the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature. He has served on the Executive Board of the Millard Business Association as Vice-President and the Board of Directors of the Millard Town Center Community Foundation. He grew up in Omaha and remains active in the community. Ben is married and has two children.
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