"Active in all aspects of dispute resolution tailored to the forum best suited to each individual case, our lawyers are as comfortable in the courtroom as they are in alternative forums."
"Active in all aspects of dispute resolution tailored to the forum best suited to each individual case, our lawyers are as comfortable in the courtroom as they are in alternative forums."
Mr. Thompson joined Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin, PLLC in 2007 as a member of the Bankruptcy Law Section and in 2011 stepped in to lead the expanded Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditor’s Rights practice group of the firm. He has, in that capacity, represented several debtors-in-possession to successfully confirmed plans of reorganization. In addition, he has lead numerous small businesses and small business owners through the process of negotiating out-of-court workouts to restructure debts to avoid bankruptcy altogether. He has also advised guarantors on negotiating significant reductions in their liability for business debt.
More recently, he has lead the firm’s expansion into significant creditors rights representation, including protecting the rights of a franchisor against an attempt to circumvent non-compete provisions of a franchise agreement; protecting financial institutions from misappropriation of the their assets by a debtor-in-possession; and negotiating on behalf of vendors to receive favorable treatment in assets sales and bankruptcy cases around the country.
Prior to joining Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin, PLLC, Mr. Thompson was an associate in the Orange County, CA office of Shook. Hardy & Bacon with a practice concentrating on product liability litigation and defense where he obtained litigation experience which now serves as a cornerstone of the practice group. Before that he spent two years as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable J. Craig Whitley, United State Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of North Carolina.
Mr. Thompson is a native of Charlotte, having attended Myers Park High School and a second generation bankruptcy lawyer.
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