Lawyer Bio : John A. Thomson, Jr.

John A. Thomson, Jr.

Atlanta

John Thomson focuses on the representation of financial institutions, commercial trade creditors, life insurance companies, private equity investors and subordinated debt holders in bankruptcy, pre-bankruptcy restructuring transactions and commercial litigation.

Mr. Thomson has represented financial institutions in all facets of commercial bankruptcies, including cash collateral issues, stay related proceedings, debtor-in-possession financing, sales of assets from the bankruptcy estate, contested confirmation issues, and adversary proceedings arising out of avoidance claims. In addition to his creditor representation, Mr. Thomson was debtor’s counsel in the Chapter 11 reorganizations of Peachtree Natural Gas, LLC, American Plastic Surgery, LLC and Gulf Coast Restaurants, Inc.

Mr. Thomson’s representation of financial institutions has given him significant expertise in federal and state court litigation involving creditors’ rights issues, regulations affecting financial institutions, the defense of class action and multi-district litigation regarding alleged violations of the Truth-in-Lending Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, predatory lending statutes, commercial paper and depository items under the UCC, and commercial lender liability actions.

Mr. Thomson also has transactional expertise in restructuring defaults on a wide variety of asset-based loans, real estate loans, syndicated debt and assets subject to indentures.

John and his wife, Jane, have two children, Jack and Mary Catherine.

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Professional Activities

Atlanta Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Litigation Sections (Director, Bankruptcy Section); Georgia Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Litigation Sections; Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute, Director; American Bankruptcy Institute, Committees on Finance and Banking, Real Estate, and Asset Sales; Georgia Trend Legal Elite Magazine.

Admitted to bar 1986, Georgia. Admitted to practice before all Georgia state courts; Georgia Court of Appeals and Supreme Court; U.S. District Court for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia; U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia; and U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Education

A.B., Economics, 1981, Davidson College, National Merit Scholar; Omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honorary; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. J.D., 1986, University of Georgia, cum laude; Georgia Law Review; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi.

Prior Legal Experience

Associate/Partner, Parker, Johnson, Cook & Dunlevie, Atlanta, GA, 1989-96. Member, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, 1996 - Present.

Publications

"The Changing Face of Intra-Enterprise Conspiracy Under the Sherman Antitrust Act," 19 6a. L.Rev. 189; "Contesting Georgia State Tax Assessments: The Tax Battleground of the 1990's," 39 Atlanta Lawyer 20 (1993).

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