Jennifer Lynn Thompson - Nashville, TN

Overview

Since 1998, Jennifer Lynn Thompson has dedicated her practice to defending people accused of serious felonies and misdemeanors in state and federal court and representing clients in cases involving divorce and child custody.

Ms. Thompson received her law degree, cum laude with honors from the University of Tennessee in 1996 and was admitted to practice in the state that same year.

While in law school, Ms. Thompson was a member of the Tennessee Law Review, received certificates of Academic Excellence in Criminal Procedure and Commercial Law, was a quarter-finalist in the Moot Court Board Ray Jenkins Trial Competition, and was a member of the Student Bar Association; American Bar Association, law student division; Association of Trial Lawyers of America, student member; Phi Delta Phi and Phi Kappa Phi.

Before founding her own practice in 1998, Ms. Thompson was an associate at the law firm of Blackburn, Slobey, Freeman & Happell from September 1997 to June 1998; served as clerk to the Honorable Gary R. Wade of the Court of Criminal Appeals from August 1996 to August 1997. While in law school, Ms. Thompson worked as a research assistant to Law Professor John Sobieski from October 1994 to July 1996 and as a law clerk to Attorney Dennis Francis from May 1995 to April 1996. Ms. Thompson also worked as a computer programmer for Provident Life and Accident Insurance Co. from March 1987 to July 193 and as an adjunct instructor at Chattanooga State Technical Community College from August to December 1991.

She is a member of the Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers where she is a sustaining member and has served on the board of directors, is a past-chairman of the Ethics Committee and is a member of the Legislative Committee; the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers where she is a life member; (Life Member); the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association and The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Dedicated to honing her skills and staying up to date on the latest advances in the law and litigation, Ms. Thompson has recently attended the following continuing legal education programs.

NACDL Annual Meeting and CLE, Portland, OR, Aug. 3-6, 2005

NCDC: Trial Practice Institute, Macon, GA, July 17-30, 2005

Electronic Case Filing Practices and Procedures, Nashville, TN, June 2005

TACDL: Trial Organization, Preparation & Strategy, Nashville, TN, Dec. 3-4, 2004

FPD: Fall Seminar, Nashville, TN, Oct. 28-29, 2004

Fight For Life: Nashville, TN, Oct. 8-9, 2004

TACDL: CLE & Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, Aug. 13-14, 2004

Cross-examination; Science & Technique, Birmingham, AL, Oct. 2003

FPD: Guilty Pleas and the Attorney's Ethical Obligations, Nashville, May 2005

Appellate Writing Workshop: Washington, DC, Feb. 23-26, 2005

NACDL: Innovative Advocacy: CSI-Style Defenses, Technology, Criminal Litigation, New Orleans, LA, Feb. 10-13, 2005

NACDL: The Battle for Civil Rights (Exposing Police & Prosecutorial Misconduct in the Quest for Equal Justice), Atlanta, GA, Oct. 14-17, 2004

NACDL: The Power of Persuasion: Winning Over Judges & Jurors (Criminal Trial Practice, White Collar & Capital Voir Dire), San Francisco, CA, July 28, 2004

FPD: Suppression of Federal & State Wiretaps & Other Forms of Electronic Surveillance, part 2, Nashville, TN, May 6, 2004

NACDL: In Their Defense: Representing the Client Everyone Loves to Hate: Sexual Assault. Nashville, TN, Apr. 28, 2004

TACDL: Criminal Defense College Tennessee, Apr. 22, 2004

FPD: Suppression of Federal & State Wiretaps & Other Forms of Electronic Surveillance Nashville, TN, Apr. 1, 2004

TACDL: Suppressing Evidence: Winning the Impossible Case Before Trial, Memphis, TN, Mar. 5, 2004

NACDL: Responding to the Ashcroft Agenda: Capital Litigation & Corporate Investigations (Death Penalty, Domestic Violence & White Collar Crimes), Nashville, TN, Feb. 18-21, 2004

NACDL: Fighting Back: How to Win in Trying Times (Courtroom Confrontations, Trial without Tribulations, Better Cross-Examination Through Technology, Many Uses of Forensic Psychiatrists), Aspen, CO, Jan. 25-30, 2004