James Thompson Honored by Maryland State Bar Association as Senior Lawyer of the Year
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James Thompson Honored by Maryland State Bar Association as Senior Lawyer of the Year

Posted April 18, 2018 at 7:44 PM

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Miller, Miller & Canby is pleased to announce James L. Thompson has been selected as the Senior Lawyer of the Year by the Maryland State Bar Association Senior Lawyer Section. Mr. Thompson’s distinguished career has spanned more than 45 years, during which he has served clients and the legal community.

Jim Thompson has been a leader in Miller, Miller & Canby’s Litigation Group for more than 35 years, concentrating his practice in eminent domain and in real estate valuation litigation, as well as in property tax assessment appeals and general civil litigation. For more than a decade, he represented Maryland as the sole member in the Owner’s Counsel of America, a national network of property rights attorneys with demonstrated excellence in this area, focusing upon the representation of landowners in eminent domain litigation. Additionally, he focuses in civil litigation, including complex real estate and business/commercial disputes. For his accomplishments, he has been named a Super Lawyer in the state of Maryland and the District of Columbia for the past 12 consecutive years, an AV-Rated Preeminent Lawyer for 30 years, a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, and a 2013 Lawyer of the Year Selection by Best Lawyers in the Eminent Domain/Condemnation area of practice. He has also received a number of prestigious leadership awards, including the Daily Record’s Leadership in Law Award and the Century of Service Award, recognizing the top judges and lawyers in the last 100 years in Montgomery County. In addition, he has served the legal community and the public as the President of both the Montgomery County Bar Association and the Maryland State Bar Association.

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