Prior to joining the Attorney General’s Office, Thompson was an associate in the Issues and Appeals Practice of Jones Day in Washington, D.C. and Atlanta. He previously served as a law clerk to Justice Neil M. Gorsuch on the United States Supreme Court, Judge Thomas B. Griffith on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and Judge Diane S. Sykes on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Thompson received his bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Political Science from the University of Georgia. He graduated with high honors from the University of Chicago Law School.