David Thompson is the Managing Partner of Cooper & Kirk and joined the firm at its founding. Mr. Thompson has extensive trial and appellate experience in a wide range of matters and has secured victories worth billions of dollars. He has successfully challenged numerous laws on Second Amendment grounds. He has also litigated cases in over 30 federal district courts, argued in each of the 13 federal circuit courts of appeal, and argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as many state courts. Mr. Thompson was awarded an A.B. degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard University in 1991, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In 1994, Mr. Thompson received a J.D. degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School.
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Practice Groups: Applying the Text and History Methodology to Looming Second Amendment Battles After Rahimi
2024 National Lawyers Convention
The Washington Hilton1919 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20009
Recapping Rahimi and the Second Amendment’s Originalism
Catholic Student Chapter
Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America3600 John McCormack Road, NE
Washington , DC 20017
Second Amendment: Will the Supreme Court Adhere to Bruen (and Originalism) in Rahimi and Beyond?
2023 National Lawyers Convention
The Mayflower Hotel1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20006
Lessons Learned From Suing The Federal Government
Nashville Lawyers Chapter
Baker Donelson1600 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203
The Future of the Second Amendment
Harvard Student Chapter
Zoom Webinar -- Harvard Law SchoolZoom
Cambridge, MA 02138
Practice Groups: Applying the Text and History Methodology to Looming Second Amendment Battles After Rahimi
2024 National Lawyers Convention
Last term, the Supreme Court decided United States v. Rahimi, which built upon the text-first,...
Practice Groups: Applying the Text and History Methodology to Looming Second Amendment Battles After Rahimi
2024 National Lawyers Convention
Last term, the Supreme Court decided United States v. Rahimi, which built upon the text-first,...
Second Amendment: Will the Supreme Court Adhere to Bruen (and Originalism) in Rahimi and Beyond?
2023 National Lawyers Convention
Oral argument was held in U.S. v. Rahimi on November 7, 2023. The case asks...
Second Amendment: Will the Supreme Court Adhere to Bruen (and Originalism) in Rahimi and Beyond?
2023 National Lawyers Convention
Oral argument was held in U.S. v. Rahimi on November 7, 2023. The case asks...
Second Amendment: Next Steps in the Unfolding Litigation Battle
2021 National Lawyers Convention
The 2021 National Lawyers Convention took place November 11-13, 2021 at the Mayflower Hotel in...