Larry Thompson

Practice Areas

Personal Injury

Birth Injury

Head & Brain Injury

Burn Injuries

Burn Injuries to Children

Spinal Cord Injuries

Wrongful Death Claim

Bus and Motorcoach Accidents

Liquor Liability

Motorcycle Accidents

Pedestrian Accidents

Trucking Accidents

Police Chase Victims

Medical Malpractice

Premises Liability

Products Liability

Victims of Crime

Professional Malpractice

Construction Accidents

Aviation Accidents

Auto Accidents

Catastrophic Injuries

Amputation Injuries

Slip and Fall

Federal Tort Claims Act

Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Labor Trafficking

Career

Larry D. Thompson, who joined Finch McCranie LLP as Counsel in July 2015, is the former U.S. Deputy Attorney General (2001-2003), the second highest ranking position in the U.S. Department of Justice.

In a distinguished public and private sector career over more than three decades, Mr. Thompson also has prosecuted complex cases as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, directed internal investigations and defended individuals and businesses in special matters as a partner in a major law firm, and served as General Counsel and Senior Vice President of PepsiCo, Inc.

During his tenure as Deputy Attorney General, Mr. Thompson led the Department of Justice’s National Security Coordination Council, as well as the government-wide Corporate Fraud Task Force. In 2000, Congress selected Mr. Thompson to chair the bi-partisan Judicial Review Commission on Foreign Asset Control. In 2004, he served as a Senior Fellow with the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.

Prior to serving as U.S. Deputy Attorney General, Mr. Thompson was a partner with the Atlanta-based law firm of King & Spalding, LLP, and was co-founder of the firm’s special matters and government investigations practice. He previously served as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia from 1982 to 1986. From 1995 to 1998, he served as Independent Counsel for the Department of Housing and Urban Development Investigation.

Most recently, Mr. Thompson served as Senior Vice President for Government Affairs and General Counsel for PepsiCo. He also served as the John A. Sibley Professor of Corporate and Business Law at the University of Georgia, a position he will continue while with Finch McCranie LLP.

Professional Memberships

Georgia State Bar

Education

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Georgia