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Tyler S. Thompson has been named one of the Top Ten Attorneys in Kentucky in 2008, 2010, 2011, and 2012 by Super Lawyers Magazine. He has been included in one or more categories listing top lawyers by Louisville Magazine each year since 2007.
Tyler S. Thompson has successfully represented injured clients throughout the state of Kentucky and has obtained multiple million-dollar verdicts, including two jury verdicts in excess of twenty million dollars. Mr. Thompson is a past President of the Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys (now known as the Kentucky Justice Association), a state trial lawyer association with more than 1,400 members. In 2003, Mr. Thompson became the youngest recipient of the prestigious "Peter Perlman Outstanding Trial Lawyer" award, given annually to an attorney in Kentucky who has demonstrated excellence in the courtroom.
In 2007, Mr. Thompson became a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, a trial lawyer organization by invitation-only, limited to only 100 lawyers in the United States. He is also a member of the International Academy of Trial Attorneys, invitation-only, limited to 500 lawyers in the world and a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers, an invitation-only trial lawyer organization comprising of plaintiff and defense counsel and representing less than one (1) percent of the attorneys practicing in the United States. Mr. Thompson is listed in Best Lawyers in America. He hasreceived an AV rating, the highest rating an attorney can receive from Martindale-Hubbell.
His considerable civic involvement includes serving as a trustee of Berea College and as a director of the Kentucky Family Safety Foundation.
Medical Malpractice Failure to Diagnose Cancer Surgical / Anesthesia Errors Birth Asphyxia
Kentucky
U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
West Virginia, 2008
Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, 2005 - 2006
Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, 2005 - Present (President)
Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, 2004 - Present (President-Elect)
Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, 2003 - Present (Vice President)
Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, 1989 - 2003 (Member, Board of Directors)
Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, 1996 - Present (Member, Seminar Committee)
Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, 2001 - Present (Member, Legislative Committee)
Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, 1999 - 2001 (Chairman, CLE Committee)
Kentucky Attorneys Political Action Trust (Director)
Brain Injury Association of Kentucky
Louisville Bar Association, 1995 - 2002 (KLRS Advisory Committee)
Kentucky Bar Association
American Bar Association
American Association for Justice, Birth Trauma Litigation Group, Medical Negligence and Products Liability
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
The Trial Law Institute, 2013 - Present (Member)
Diversity Law Institute, 2013 - Present (Member)
The National Trial Lawyers
American Board of Trial Advocates
American Bar Foundation
Kentucky Justice Association
Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, 1983 B.A.Major: History
University of Louisville School of Law, Louisville, Kentucky, 1986 J.D.