Reshonda W. Thompson is a trial advocacy lawyer and focuses her practice on trucking and transportation law, casualty litigation, personal injury and premise liability cases. She has close to 10 years of experience handling bench trials in both city and district court including trying cases to verdict. Reshonda is well versed with handling cases involving property damage, personal injury including catastrophic injuries and evaluating case value. She has negotiated and obtained favorable outcomes on behalf of her clients. She has been involved in mediations for pre-litigation and litigation cases in order to resolve legal matters prior to trial.
Prior to joining the firm, Reshonda worked for a large regional personal injury firm. She received her J.D. from Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 2013. While in law school she was a National Finalist in the Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition and a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association Law School Mock Trial Competition Championship Team. She graduated magna cum laude from Southeastern Louisiana University where she was Associate Chief Justice of the Student Government Association and a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
Practice Areas
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
- Texas
Education
- J.D., Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
- B.A., magna cum laude, Southeastern Louisiana University
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- DRI, Young Lawyer Liaison to the Diversity and Inclusion Committee
- Lawyers of Distinction
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- Inaugural Member of the Young Lawyers Division 40 under 40 class
- Louis A. Martinet Society, NOLA Chapter, Vice President of Internal Communications, 2022-2023
- The National Trial Lawyers
- New Orleans Bar Association
- New Orleans Bar Association, Inns of Court
- State Bar of Texas
Professional Recognition
- The National Trial Lawyers – Top 40 Under 40