Ralph Gordon Thompson

Background

Thompson, Ralph Gordon was born on December 15, 1934 in Oklahoma City. Son of Lee Bennett and Elaine (Bizzell) Thompson.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration, U. Oklahoma, 1956; Juris Doctor, U. Oklahoma, 1961.

Career

Partner, Thompson, Thompson, Harbour & Selph (and predecessors), Oklahoma City, 1961-1975; judge, United States District Court for Western District Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, since 1975; chief judge, United States District Court (western district) Oklahoma, 1986-1993. Member Oklahoma House of Representatives, 1966-1970, assistant minority floor leader, 1969-1970. Special justice Supreme Court Oklahoma, 1970-1971.

Teacher Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop, since 1981. Appointed by chief justice of the United States to United States.Fgn. Intelligence Surveillance Court, 1990-1997.

Elected to judicial conference of the United States, 1997. Appointed to Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Svc. Justice award selection committee, 1997-1999.

Appointed by chief justice of the United States to exec.com. of Judicial Conference of the United States, since 1998.

Achievements

• Ralph Gordon Thompson has been listed as a reputable Federal judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, Oklahoma, 1970. Chairman of the Board American Red Cross, Oklahoma City,1970-1972. Chairman, president Oklahoma Young Lawyers Conference, 1965.

Member board visitors U. Oklahoma, 1975-1978. Lieutenant United States Air Force, 1957-1960, colonel Reserve, retired. Fellow American Bar Foundation.

Member American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association (chairman section international law and general practice 1974-1975), Oklahoma County Bar Association (Judicial Svc. award 1988), Judicial Conference United States (commission on court administration 1981-1989, commission on federal-state jurisdiction 1988-1991), United States District Judges Association 10th Circuit (president 1992-1994), Rotary (honorary), Order of Coif, Am.Inns of Court (president XXIII 1995-1996), Phi Beta Kappa (president chapter 1985-1986, Phi Beta Kappa of Year 1991), Beta Theta Pi, Phi Alpha Delta.

Connections

Married Barbara Irene Hencke, September 5, 1964. Children: Lisa, Elaine, Maria.

Father:

Lee Bennett Thompson

Mother:

Elaine (Bizzell) Thompson

Spouse:

Barbara Irene Hencke

child:

Maria Thompson

child:

Elaine Thompson

child:

Lisa Thompson