Background
THOMPSON, James was born in 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Doctor J. Robert Thompson and Agnes Thompson.
THOMPSON, James was born in 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Doctor J. Robert Thompson and Agnes Thompson.
University of Illinois, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, Northwestern University Law School.
Assistant United States Attorney 1970-1971, United States Attorney for Northern District of 111. 1971-1975; Counsel, Winston and Strong law firm, Chicago 1975-1977. Government of 111. 1977-1991.
Executive Committee National Governors’ Association (NGA) 1980-1982, Chairman 84. Co-Chairman Attorney General’s Task Force on Violent Crime 1981. Chairman Republican Governors’ Association, Midwestern Governors’ Conference, NGA Task Force on Job Creation and Infrastructure since 1982.
Chairman Council of Great Lakes Governors 1985. Vice-chairman Martin Luther King Jr. National Holiday Committee 1985.
Bradley County, Tennessee (Member, House of Delegates, 1973 1976) and American Bar Associations. Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Married Jayne Carr in 1976.
