ROBERT SIMMS THOMPSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
308 North Elm St

Tuskegee, AL 36083

PROFESSION:

38 Years Practicing Attorney

EDUCATION:
1967-1968: United States Army, Vietnam Veteran
June 1972: General Education Development (GED) Armstrong Adult Education
Center, Washington, D.C.
1972-1976: Morgan State University, Class of 1976
Sociology Major
President of Student Government Association
1976-1979: Howard University, School of Law, J.D.;
Cum Laude, 6th in class of 155;
American Juris Prudence Award for highest grade in Civil Procedure;
American Juris Prudence Award for highest grade in Federal Income
Taxation;
Associate Editor for Howard University School of Law, Law Journal;
Editor of the Journal of Criminal Procedure for the District of Columbia,
published by the Howard University School of Law, Law Journal.
Student clerk for Attorney Herbert O. Reid, Charles Hamilton, Houston,
Chair, Civil Rights Scholar, and one of the authors of the Brown v. Board
of Education, Brief filed in the United States Supreme Court. Professor
Reid was considered to be one of the fathers of the legal strategies to
dismantle segregation in education.
Note the following law school grades related to Business Law:
Small Business Law 90 Contracts 88 Federal Tax 95
Business Organ 89 Land Finance 93
Prof Entertainment Law 88 Commercial Law 81 Corporation 90
Publications: Congress' Right to Unilaterally Abrogate Indian Treaties, 22
Howard Law 232 (1978)

On Brief: The Regents of the University of California vs. Allan Bakke, in the

United States Supreme Court (first U.S. Supreme Court Case

Challenging Affirmative Action in Higher Education)
United Steel Workers of America vs. Brian Weber, in the United
States Supreme Court (First U.S. Supreme Court Case Challenging
Affirm act Action in Employment)

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:
Dec. 1985 - Present: Attorney At Law, Private Practice,
Tuskegee, Alabama, Civil Trial Lawyer
2009 – 2013: Alabama State Bar Board of Commissioners
(Regulatory Body that regulates attorneys who are
members of the Alabama State Bar Association)
1995 – 2000: Alabama State Bar Board of Bar Examiners
(Administered essay portion of bar exam for Civil
Procedure)
May 1991 – Aug. 1998: Part-Time, Municipal Court Judge, Tuskegee,
Alabama
March 1981 – Sept. 1982: Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney
General for the State of Alabama, Chief Litigator
Medicaid Fraud Division
May 1979 - March 1981: Associate in the Law Firm of Beveridge, Fairbanks
And Diamond, Washington, D.C. Corporate Law,
Securities Law, Commercial Civil Litigation,
Entertainment Law
Teaching Experiences: Adjunct Professor in the Political Science Dept.
Aug. 25, 1999 – Dec. 14, 1999 Introduction to Public Law
Jan 12, 2000 – May 9, 2000 American Constitutional Law
Aug. 23, 2000-Dec. 12, 2000 Introduction to Public Law
Aug. 22, 2001- Dec. 11, 2001 Introduction to Public Law
Jan. 10, 2007 to May 8, 2007 American Constitutional Law
Aug. 22, 2007 to Dec. 14, 2007 American Constitutional Law
Aug. 27, 2008 – Dec. 16, 2008 American Constitutional Law

Member Professional Organizations: American Bar Association
Alabama Bar Association
America Trial Lawyers Association
National Bar Association
Alabama Lawyers Association
Association of Trial Lawyers of America, National
College of Advocacy, Advocate
Other Organizations: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity (Boule)