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Ms. Thompson is a partner in the Firm’s Bankruptcy Group. She focuses her practice on the interests of corporate and individual debtors, creditors, and other parties-in-interest. She has advised clients in bankruptcy proceedings and contested matters concerning debtor-in-possession financing, dischargeability of debts, executory contracts and leases, jurisdiction, plan confirmation, preference actions, officers’ and directors’ liability and venue challenges. She is an experienced litigator, having represented clients in state and federal courts involving banking, breach of contract, business torts, computer/technology law, eminent domain, environmental issues, real estate disputes, taxation and various collection matters Ms. Thompson has lectured on matters involving bankruptcy, collection of debts, eminent domain, land use and privacy rights. During law school, she served as the Executive Editor of the University of Virginia Tax Review. Legal Experience LeClairRyan, Roanoke, Virginia, 2005 present Counsel, Office of the Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee, Roanoke, Virginia, 2005 Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, Roanoke, Virginia, 1997-2005 Education University of Virginia School of Law, J.D. 1997 Radford University, B.S., 1992, summa cum laude Extended Information Representative Matters Represent the debtor, Blue Ridge Passage Resorts, Inc., in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case initiated in March, 2005. Represent the debtor, Campbell Lumber Company, Inc., in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case pending in the Western District of Virginia, Lynchburg, Virginia (filed 2007). Represented the debtor, Jefferson Mills, Inc., in its second Chapter 11 bankruptcy case filed in the Western District of Virginia, Roanoke Division and successfully obtained confirmation of a plan providing for the sale of the assets to Jefferson Yarns, Inc. in less than 6 months from the petition date. Represented the debtors, Claude and Virginia Royal, in their Chapter 13 bankruptcy case filed in the Western District of Virginia, Lynchburg Division, and successfully obtained a ruling from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on an issue of first impression as to whether the police and regulatory exception to the automatic stay applied to the exercise of the power of eminent domain (In re Royal, 137 Fed. Appx. 537 (4th Cir. 2005)). Published Works Are attorneys Debt Relief Agencies under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005?, Virginia State Bar, 2007 Classes and Seminars Taught Are you still master of your domain? Property rights two years after Kelo v. The City of New London, Roanoke Bar Association, 2007. Bankruptcy basics for the non-bankruptcy attorney, Roanoke Bar Association, 2006. Representing Debtors and Creditors, The Virginia Bar Association, 2004. Giving credit where credit is due The Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 2003. Honors and Awards Listed in The Best Lawyers in America in Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights law Listed in Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite Featured in Richmond Magazine’s Super Lawyers Rising Stars Listed in the Blue Ridge Business Journal’s 20 Under 40 listing of the top young business leaders in 2006 Named Young Lawyer of the Year by the Roanoke Bar Association in 2006 Graduate, Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Roanoke Valley Program Recipient, 2002 Blue Ridge Legal Services Pro Bono Award Professional Memberships Roanoke Bar Association: Member, Board of Directors Virginia Bar Association: Served on the Board of Governors and as the Chair of the Young Lawyers Division Virginia Women Attorneys Association: Former President, Roanoke Chapter American Bar Association American Bankruptcy Institute Virginia State Bar International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation Fraternity/Sorority Memberships Zeta Tau Alpha Admissions Virginia, 1997 United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western and Eastern Districts of Virginia, 1997 United States District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Virginia 1997, 1998 United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1997 Place of Birth Lexington, Virginia. |
