Attorneys - John R. (Randy) Thompson, Jr.

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John R. (Randy) Thompson, Jr.

Senior Partner

Fort Worth Office

777 Main Street Ste 3800

Fort Worth, Texas 76102

rthompson@shannongracey.com

O 817.882.7693

F 817.336.3735

PRACTICE GROUPS

Energy

Real Estate

Estate Planning, Probate & Trust

Publications

A Legal Alert, Published by the Attorneys of the Estate Planning, Probate & Trusts Practice Group, January 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Year End Estate & Tax Planning Manual from the Estate Planning Group at Shannon Gracey
Tuesday, December 1, 2009

News

Shannon Gracey Attorneys Named as Top Attorneys in Tarrant County
Friday, September 4, 2009

Professional

Personal

Professional Biography

John R. (Randy) Thompson, Jr. focuses his practice in the areas of energy, real estate and estate planning and probate. Mr. Thompson is Board Certified in Commercial Real Estate Law and in Farm and Ranch Real Estate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is admitted to practice before the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit and the U. S. Supreme Court. Mr. Thompson is licensed in Texas, having graduated from The University of Texas School of Law. He is a member of the American Bar Association, College of State Bar of Texas, Tarrant County Bar Association, Tarrant County Bar Foundation, the State Bar of Texas, Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and is a Sustaining Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.

Admissions & Certifications

Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization (1983)
Board Certified, Farm and Ranch Real Estate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization (1983)
State Bar of Texas (1965)
U. S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
U. S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
U. S. Supreme Court

Education & Background

The University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1965) Phi Alpha Delta
Assistant City Attorney, City of Fort Worth (1965-69)
Texas Christian University, Evening Ranch Management Program (1996)
University of Oklahoma (B.S. in Geology, 1962)

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

American Bar Association
College of State Bar of Texas
Tarrant County Bar Association, former Director
Tarrant County Bar Foundation, Founding Fellow and Sustaining Life Fellow
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Texas Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Fellow

Honors & Recognitions

Martindale-Hubbell® AV® PreeminentTM (5.0)
Top Attorney (2009), Fort Worth, Texas magazine

Personal Biography

Randy has been an active member of the Tarrant County community for many decades. He is a Mason, a Shriner (having served as Captain of the Moslah Temple Shrine Patrol in 1978), member of the Red Cross of Constantine (Sovereign, 1999), of the Royal Order of Jesters as well as Leadership Fort Worth. He is both a secretary and general counsel of the Texas Masonic Retirement Center in Arlington. Randy was formerly the chair of the Program Development and Planning Division of the United Way of Tarrant County, as well as serving as Secretary and General Counsel of the United Way of Tarrant County, and he serves on the boards of directors for the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show, First Methodist Church of Fort Worth Foundation and on the Board of Stewards (former Finance Chair) of the First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth.

Previously, Randy was active with the City of Fort Worth, acting as a former chair of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, and as former chair of the Planning Commission, he served as a member of the Electrical Board as well as the 1980 Charter Review Revisions Commission. He’s also a past president of the Exchange Club of Fort Worth (2002).