Thompson, Reid

Alan Thompson’s practice emphasizes civil matters including commercial litigation, business/corporate and intellectual property matters.

His commercial litigation practice includes all facets of employment law, collections, partnership matters, banking issues, and most other types of business disputes, arbitration and litigation. His business/corporate practice includes real property purchase/sale and leasing matters, entity formation and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Thompson’s intellectual property counsel and litigation includes licensing, trademark (including federal trademark registration), copyright, and unfair competition issues.

Mr. Thompson also counsels clients in a variety of other matters involving partnership, foreclosure, landlord-tenant, bankruptcy, banking, operations and special assets, debtor-creditor, construction and mechanics lien issues.

A native of Boulder, Colorado, Mr. Thompson received his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Colorado at Boulder. In law school, he was a member and production editor of the University of Colorado Law Review. Mr. Thompson conducted his first trials while still in law school representing indigent clients in criminal matters through the university’s Legal Aid and Defender program.

When not practicing law, Mr. Thompson contributes to several community causes. He served as president of the board of directors of Youthbiz, a business development program for at-risk youth in Five Points, serves as legal counsel for the Colorado Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees), and he was on the board of directors and president of the Boulder Jaycees. Mr. Thompson currently serves on the board of directors of BackStory Theatre, a non-profit community theater in Broomfield, Colorado.

Mr. Thompson is licensed to practice in Colorado and is admitted before the Colorado Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, and the United States Bankruptcy Court. He is a member of the Colorado, Adams County and Broomfield Bar Associations, and has appeared in courts throughout Colorado, Wyoming, California and New Mexico.