Overview
Alison Thompson supports clients in litigation and dispute resolution.
Alison first came to the firm as a summer associate in 2018. After graduating law school and before joining the firm, she served as a law clerk to the Hon. John Michael Vazquez of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, and to the Hon. Stuart Rabner, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
While in law school, Alison was the business and publication editor of the Seton Hall Law Review and a member of the Interscholastic Moot Court Board. She served as a student attorney in the Impact Litigation Clinic, where she represented indigent clients and successfully argued a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Prior to law school, Alison was a lobbyist at a firm in Washington, D.C., where she represented institutions of higher education and scientific associations on Capitol Hill.
Services & Industries
Credentials
Bar Admissions
New Jersey
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Clerkships
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, Hon. John Michael Vazquez, 2020-2021
Supreme Court of New Jersey, Hon. Stuart Rabner, 2019-2020
Education
Seton Hall University School of Law
J.D. magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Seton Hall Law Review (business & publicaton editor) (2019)
Middlebury College
B.A. in Environmental Studies and Geology, magna cum laude (2012)
Leadership & Community
Professional Associations
- New Jersey State Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Executive Committee
- Seton Hall University School of Law’s Interscholastic Moot Court Board