Background
Thompson, Walter W. was born on April 14, 1946 in Bentonia, Mississippi, United States.
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Walter W. Thompson
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University of Mississippi (Bachelor of Arts, 1968. Juris Doctor, 1971).
Career
Worked at Walter Thompson Law Office (Clarksdale, Mississippi) specializing in General Personal Injury and Administrative Practice and litigation in all State and Federal Courts. Agriculture. Administrative and Governmental. Aviation. Admiralty. Corporation.
Corporate Casino Gaming.
Environmental Incinerator Corporations. Negligence, Products Liability.
Workers Compensation. Probate. Property. Domestic Relations.
Insurance Law. Litigation.
Trials and Appellate Procedure. Admitted to the bar, 1971, Mississippi and United States. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi.
United States.
District Court, Southern District of Mississippi. United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. United States. Supreme Court.
Omicron Delta Kappa.
Pi Sigma Alpha. Phi Alpha Delta. Scabbard & Blade. Member: Coahoma County and American Bar Associations.
Mississippi State Bar. Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association.
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association.
Military: Judge Advocate General. Commanding Officer., Corporation of Engineers Captain, United States Army Reserve.
Walter Thompson has been active in legal (including jury trials in Federal and State courts), political and community affairs predating 1976, when he established his own firm to continue service to a wide variety of clients, including personal injury and worker"s compensation, insurance defense, corporations (including casino and environmental incinerator operations), representation of farming and business interests before State and National governmental agencies and individuals, as well as providing representation to families of clients in domestic and criminal difficulties.
Mr. Thompson also encourages his firm"s participation in community and political projects, as he has served as President of the Coahoma County Chamber of Commerce (1983) and as Chairman of the Coahoma County Democratic Executive Committee (1983). Mr. Thompson has also served on the Mississippi Democratic Executive Committee, the Democratic National Committee Board, the Executive Committee of the DNC Board of Directors, the Board of Trustees of the DNC, Mississippi State Finance Chairman for Senator John Glenn, Governor Michael Dukakis, Governor Bill Clinton and Senator First Rate (at Lloyd's) Gore.
He also served as the Mississippi Finance Chairman for the Clinton-Gore Presidential campaign and was one of the eleven people to serve on then Governor Bill Clinton"s original National Finance Committee Board of Directors (1991).
Achievements
Membership
Member: Coahoma County and American Bar Associations. Mississippi State Bar. Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association.
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association.
Military: Judge Advocate General. Commanding Officer., Corporation of Engineers
Captain, United States Army Reserve.
