Chicago Estate Planning attorney Donald M. Thompson is licensed to practice law by the Supreme Court of Illinois, U. S. District Court in Chicago, U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, and the U.S. Tax Court. He is a member of the Federal Trial Bar. He is a 1966 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School where he was in the top quarter of his class and received the Mandel Legal Aid Award. He was assistant professor of law at I.I.T.-Chicago-Kent College of Law from 1966 to 1970 teaching tax and property subjects.

He is a member of the Chicago, Illinois State, American and 7th Federal Circuit bar associations. He serves on the Chicago Bar Association’s tax, trust probate, securities law and corporation law committees and is past chairman of the corporation law and legal education committees.

He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association’s estate planning, probate, corporation and tax referral panels. He is an Arbitrator for the National Association of Securities Dealers and the Circuit Court of Cook County.