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David M. Thompson
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David M. Thompson is an attorney with the Omaha law firm of Carlson & Burnett, where his practice focuses on Elder Law, Medicaid planning, veterans benefits, and guardianships/conservatorships. David also directs the firm’s marketing and business development efforts and has presented and published articles on a wide range of topics. He currently serves as Vice President of the Elder Law Section of the Nebraska State Bar Association. He received his B.A. with high distinction from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, his master’s degree from Oxford University and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, David attended law school at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Chicago, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Northwestern University Law Review and was the recipient of the Raoul Berger Prize for Senior Research. David returned to Omaha in 2013 to care for his aging parents, and he currently serves as guardian for numerous low-income, unrepresented seniors.
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Licensed in Iowa for 1 year
State: Iowa
Acquired: 2024
No misconduct found
Licensed in Nebraska for 13 years
State: Nebraska
Acquired: 2012
No misconduct found
Location
Carlson & Burnett
17525 Arbor St., Omaha, NE, 68130
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Posted by Greg | November 30, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Estate Planning
A knowledgeable caring professional
When my family needed an attorney to advise us on estate planning, family trusts, wills, and how decisions we made could impact us today and, in the future, David Thompson with Carlson & Burnett guided us professionally and kindly. He has consistently shown compassion and caring for our family’s well...
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Experience
Associations
Nebraska State Bar Association
Member
Illinois Bar Foundation
Member
Sarpy County Bar Association
Member
Second Judicial District Bar Association
Member
Education
2000
Northwestern University School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1997
University of Chicago
PhD – Comparative Literature
1987
Oxford University
Master of Philosophy – English Studies
1985
University of Nebraska
BA with High Distinction
Publications
2016
The Nebraska Lawyer
"A Form of Conversation: POLST and the Communications Approach to End-of-Life Decision Making"
2006
Triquarterly 124
"The Transcendent Dimensions of Private Places: Personhood and the Law in Lawrence v. Texas and Angels in America,"
2002
World E-Commerce and IP Report
"Point of Reference or Destination Kelly v. Arriba and the Future of Hyperlinking on the Internet"
2001
T.S. Eliot and Our Turning? World, ed. Jewel Spears Brooker
"T.S. Eliot, Anti-Semitism and the Weight of Apologia"
2001
World E-Commerce & IP Report
"Seeking Registration and Staking a Claim in ICANN' s New Top-Level Domains"
1998
Comparative Literature 50
"Making No Portraits: T.S. Eliot, Mimesis and the Politics of Mediterranean Classicism"
Languages
English