Chris Thomson is a member of Alston & Bird’s Litigation & Trial Practice Group. Before joining Alston & Bird, Chris served as a law clerk for the Hon. Jane J. Boyle of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. During his clerkship, Chris helped manage the court’s civil docket and worked on cases involving employment discrimination, civil rights claims, and complex commercial disputes.
Chris earned his J.D., summa cum laude, from the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law where he served as the forum executive editor for the SMU Law Review Association and was selected to the Order of the Coif. Before law school, he was a loan servicing analyst for a multinational investment bank and financial services company. Chris earned his B.B.A. in finance from Texas A&M University.