James C. Thompson

email James C. Thompson Practice Areas Civil Litigation Commercial Law and Collections Real Estate Trusts and Estates Business Planning and Organization Education Ohio High School, Ohio, Illinois, 1982 co-valedictorian (Whos Who) Rockford University, Rockford, Illinois B. A. (History/English) 1985 / Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois J. D. 1988 / Cum Laude, Harno Fellow Admissions to practice State of Illinois, 1988 United States District Court for Northern District of Illinois, 1988 Professional Membership and Committees Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) member 2014-present Winnebago County Bar Association (WCBA)Member, 1988-present Chair, Judicial Liaison Committee, 1991-1992 Chair, Legal-Realtor Committee, 1996-1997 Editor, The Lawyer, 2006-2007 Chair, Commercial Law Committee (2009-2010) Additional training Trained as arbitrator for court-annexed mandatory arbitration Trained as major civil-case mediator Community Loves Park Alderman (Ward 2), 2021-present Illinois Republican Deputy State Committeeman, Dist. 16, 2022-present Member, Winnebago County Republican Central Committee Precinct committeeman, 1992-present Vice-Chairman, Central Committee, 2006-2011 Chairman, 2011-2020 Communications committee chair, 2020-2022 Recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2023 Member, Swing Productions entertainment group, 1992-2015 Member, St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Rockford, Illinois Cantor, Contemporary Choir member Parish Council member, Chairman 2012-2014 Finance committee member, 2016-present Pec Playhouse Theater participant: 1997, 2009, 2010, 2017 & 2019 Commissioner, Winnebago County Circuit Public Safety Commission 2008-2011 Rockford College Alumni Association, past president (1990-1992) Past member, various barbershop quartets and organizations Biography Mr. Thompson and his wife, Lori (Rockford native and East High School graduate), were married in 1991. Loris expertise in the medical field began as an R. N. at Rockford Memorial and continued as she obtained her M. S. N./N. P. degrees in 2005. She has served as an instructor at St. Anthonys College of Nursing and the University of Illinois College of Medicine as well as a provider at child abuse programs in two states. After using her training as a forensic pediatric nurse practitioner in her role as Wisconsins state senior training officer and SANE program coordinator, she taught specialized health science classes at Belvidere High School; she now serves as a school nurse with District 100 (Belvidere) and the Diocese of Rockford. The Thompsons have one son, Michael, who represents District 17 on the Winnebago County Board; they reside in Loves Park. Mr. Thompson has been involved in musical and theatrical activities since high school, soloing and performing in choirs and quartets at the collegiate, church and semi-professional level - as well as performing in local community theater. He enjoys reading, anything musical and working outdoors - following his fathers path in carpentry and a love of working on the farm.