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Samuel G.
("Bo") Thompson, Jr.
 Education:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1999)
Campbell University (J.D., 2004)
Memberships:
North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Bar Association;
North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys; Defense
Research Institute; Wake County Bar Association (Chair, Wake
County Summer Clerk Orientation Committee)
Practice
Areas:
Medical and legal malpractice defense litigation,
general insurance defense litigation,
higher-education/academic defense representation, and select
subrogation litigation
Email:
bthompson@ymwlaw.com
Direct Dial:
919-719-6039
After obtaining
his undergraduate degree, Mr. Thompson accepted a position
on the Faculty at his Raleigh alma mater, Broughton High
School, before attending law school. While at Campbell Law,
Mr. Thompson worked as a Research Assistant for Professor
Thomas P. Anderson (civil procedure); served as a two-year
member of the National Trial Team, and as captain in
2003-04; participated in the Intramural Moot Court
competition; finished as a semi-finalist in the ABA
Intramural Client Counseling Competition; wrote for the
United States Supreme Court section of the Campbell Law
Observer; represented Campbell as a member of the Susie
Sharp Inn of Court; participated three years as an elected
Justice of the Campbell Law Honor Court; served on the SBA
Honor Code Revision committee; co-chaired the Prospective
Student On-campus Interview program; graduated with a
concentration in Civil Litigation and was named to the
national Order of Barristers.
Since joining
the firm, Mr. Thompson has worked with healthcare providers
in the fields of anesthesiology, bariatric surgery, family
practice, hematology/oncology, general surgery, internal
medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, nursing, orthopedics,
pharmacology, physical/occupational/speech therapy,
physiatry, psychiatry and psychology, radiology, and
radiation oncology as well as a variety of health care
providers in skilled and long-term care facilities. He
provides risk management consultation for local social
organizations, including sororities and fraternities, and
counsels individuals and groups facing academic and/or
conduct offenses in institutional honor code proceedings. He
is also a member of the Wake County Bar Association, Young
Lawyers Division, and served as a Committee Chairman in
2006, organizing an event for all of Wake County's summer
clerks and interns.
Outside the
office, Mr. Thompson may be found on area soccer fields
officiating matches. He holds current U.S. Soccer
Federation, N.C. High School Athletic Association and
National Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association
certifications and has called nearly nine hundred games
since first getting certified in 1992. Mr. Thompson and his
wife enjoy annual gatherings of friends and family, Carolina
sports, Italian cuisine, traveling on North Carolina's
Scenic Byways, photography, historic preservation, and the
North Carolina Museum of Art.
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