Craig Thompson

Craig Thompson represents clients in the areas of commercial litigation, product liability, premises liability, and personal injury. Craig is an assertive trial lawyer and legal counselor with significant experience handling civil cases before federal and state courts throughout the country. His knowledge of technology, legal, and business administration enables him to resolve numerous cases by assessing liability and developing risk management strategies. His professional motto — “add value and provide solutions” — has guided him in the service of clients ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to mezzanine-level companies. He also has a thriving practice representing pharmacies against claims of alleged drug misfills.

Experience

• Served as lead trial counsel on behalf of the state of Maryland in ground-breaking litigation concerning higher education funding and programs
• Served as lead counsel and first-chair counsel in a jury trial on behalf of a leading American grocery store chain facing allegations of pharmacy error; obtained a defense verdict
• Obtained defense verdicts for an international pharmaceutical company in major products liability trials in various states
• After arguments before a state court judge, secured summary judgment in favor of an industry association and three of the leading product manufacturers in a lawsuit challenging a Baltimore City ban on individual sales of the particular product
• Served as second chair on a trial team that secured a defense verdict for a leading pharmaceutical company, in a bellwether products liability case that was used to help determine how numerous other claims would be tried
• Served as a member of the trial team for pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, in litigation involving its drug Mirapex
• Participated as a member of the trial team that negotiated a multi-billion-dollar settlement for the state of Maryland, the largest in Maryland history
• Participated as a member of the team that defended a major pharmaceutical company in national litigation concerning one of its products; identified and developed expert witnesses
• Managed and defended a multi-defendant personal injury claim on behalf of a major paint manufacturer
• Defended an international retailer against a commercial racial profiling claim
• Serves in advisory roles for prominent local, state, and national politicians

Education

• J.D.University of Maryland School of Law1995
  • Listed in Who’s Who Among American Law Students
  • President – BLSA
  • President – Law School Debate Society
• B.A.University of Maryland1992
  • (Dual Degree)