Stephen W Thompson

Stephen W Thompson

Licensed for 40 years

Land use and zoning Lawyer at Bradenton, FL
Practice Areas: Land Use & Zoning, Environmental and Natural Resources, Administrative Law, State, Local And Municipal Law

1205 Manatee Ave W, Bradenton, FL

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Licenses

Licensed in Florida for 40 years

State: Florida

Acquired: 1985

Member in Good Standing

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Location

Porges Hamlin Knowles Prouty Thompson & Najmy, P.A.

1205 Manatee Ave W, Bradenton, FL, 34205-7517

Najmy Thompson, P.L.

1401 8th Ave W, Bradenton, FL, 34205-6711

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Stephen W Thompson's Reviews

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2.1 /5.0

8 Client Reviews

Posted by anonymous | August 20, 2025 | Consulted Attorney

This review is from a potential client who consulted with this attorney.

An attorney must be fair, professional

Unprofessional, abuse of power, harass homeowners with high legal fees, false disputes.

Posted by Lynda | November 2, 2019 | Consulted Attorney

This review is from a potential client who consulted with this attorney.

Awful experience

I had a very simple case, but Mr. Thompson turned it into a huge case which could have ended up costing me over $15K for a situation which only required less than $4K to resolve. A second opinion pointed this out to me and I was able to leave his firm with just about $1K in fees. Could have cost a lo...t more. A conflict appeared to be involved but which he didn't address. Could have cost me a lot more had I continued with him. There also was no fee agreement drawn up, which I thought was very odd.

Posted by Sam | December 12, 2017 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Excellent. Informed. Reasable fee for service provided.

We used Mr. Thompson on two occasions - one in a HOA dispute and a second in which we needed informed advice regarding a City of Sarasota zoning issue. I would recommend him without hesitation for these types of legal issues.

Posted by anonymous | April 18, 2015

Review

Used Stephen in a case , we were fighting Manatee County, forgot to tell us he worked for the county also, some how we could not get anywhere with the case over a 3 year period.

Posted by anonymous | August 7, 2013

DO NOT USE THIS LAWYER!!!!

Mr. Thompson represents our Condo Association (he will soon be our former attorney) and our experience has been the same as the other reviews here. His firm does exactly what the President wants and demands even if it is not legal and charged our association for expenses that should have been paid f...or by the property management company. He has written incomplete invalid opinion letters for a personal vendetta for the President. He has sent harrassing letters to owners at the direction of a friend on the board that had no factual basis. Don't be fooled by his slick "sales pitch" and charm. Run as fast as you can away from this law firm before you are suckered in. DO NOT USE THIS ATTORNEY OR YOU WILL BE SORRY!!! LEARN BY OUR MISTAKE!!!1

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Experience

Education

1985

University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1982

University of Florida

MA - Masters

1980

University of Florida

BA - Bachelor of Arts

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