Background
Thompson, Sabin Rife was born on June 20, 1952 in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. Son of Joseph Melvin and Virginia F. (Conway) Thompson.
Thompson, Sabin Rife was born on June 20, 1952 in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. Son of Joseph Melvin and Virginia F. (Conway) Thompson.
Middle Tennessee State University (Bachelor of Science, cum laude, 1973). Vanderbilt University (Juris Doctor, 1979).
Worked at Williams & Prochaska, Professional Corporation (Nashville, Tennessee) specializing in Consumer Finance, Commercial Finance, Creditors" Rights and Bankruptcy, Real Estate, Health Care Law, Corporate Law, Taxation, Civil and Criminal Litigation in all State and Federal Courts. Admitted to the bar, 1979, Tennessee. 1989, District of Columbia.
United States.
District Court, Middle and Western Districts of Tennessee. United States. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi. United States. District Court, District of Columbia.
United States.
Court of Appeals, Sixth and Tenth Circuits and United States. Supreme Court.
Recipient: Assistance of Counsel Award, Nashville Bar Association. Assistant Legal Counsel, Gore Foreign President Committee, 1987.
Company-Author with (now United States Senator) Fred Doctorate. Thompson: "Government Use of General Criminal Statutes in the Prosecution of Environmental Crimes" presented to the 1988 Federal Enforcement Conference for The Complex Crimes and Tax Litigation Committees, Section of Litigation, American Bar Association, Washington, District of Columbia, 1991.
Member: Nashville (Member, Federal Courts Committee) and Tennessee Bar Associations. Formed in 1992, between Ernest B. Williams IV (formerly of Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry) and Joseph R. Prochaska (formerly with Farris, Warfield & Kanaday), the firm focuses on Commercial and Consumer Bankruptcy, Consumer Lending Programs, Commercial Lending and Litigation, Health Care, Real Estate and General Corporate Law.
With the election to the United States Senate of Senator Fred Doctorate. Thompson in 1994, Sabin R. Thompson, Senator Thompson"s sole partner, joined the firm. With the addition of the firm"s Memphis office in 1997, Ernest B. Williams III (formerly of Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell) and Andrew C. Branham (formerly of international Paper) have joined the firm in that office.
The firm has been involved in numerous cases of national note and is responsible for various cases of national note and is responsible for various significant reported decisions.
The firm strives to provide cost effective, responsive and efficient legal services to Financial Institutions, Health Care Providers, Corporations and Individuals in business.
Member Tennessee Public Svc. Council, Nashville, 1981. Assistant legal counsel Gorefor President, Nashville, 1987.
First lieutenant United States Army, 1974-1976, Korea. Member Tennessee Bar Association, Nashville Bar Association (federal courts committee, Assistanceof Counsel award 1991).
Married Vicki Lynn Griffith, January 12, 1993. Children: Colston Rife, Tyler R. Orvick, Christopher R. Worth.