Mike Thompson is a shareholder in our Birmingham office. He practices labor and employment and employee benefits law throughout Alabama and the United States. Mike also advises businesses regarding strategic concerns and compliance with immigration regulations and assists businesses with obtaining employer sponsored visas for foreign workers. Prior to returning home to Alabama in June 2000, Mike was associated with the Houston, Texas office of Haynes and Boone, LLP where his practice encompassed a broad range of civil litigation matters, including the trial and defense of class actions, in federal and state court. Mike's litigation experience includes the defense of a six-week class action trial, involving 3,500 class members.

Mike grew up in the Springhill community near Troy, Alabama. He attended Samford University on a Presidential Scholarship and graduated, magna cum laude, with a degree in Public Administration. During his tenure at Samford, Mike served in various leadership positions including Chief Justice of the Student Government Association. Mike received his law degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law and is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts of Alabama and Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth, Seventh and Eleventh Circuits.

Mike is a member of the Labor and Employment Sections of the American Bar Association and the Alabama State Bar and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.