Jason J. Thompson is a trial attorney with the firm of Charfoos & Christensen, P.C. and is Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He specializes in complex and serious cases in a variety of areas including personal injury and professional malpractice, business litigation, and class actions. Thompson is a leader in the firm’s Environmental Tort Practice Group. In 2006 Thompson was appointed Lead Class Counsel by Judge Avern Cohn in the U.S. Steel Air Pollution Litigation, consisting of a class of 20,000 residents of the cities of River Rouge and Ecorse.

Thompson is also a leader in the firm’s Pharmaceutical Litigation Practice Group. He represents several healthcare plans, unions and other third-party payors in nationwide price-gouging class action lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies. He has been appointed to leadership positions and selected to work on several State and Federal class action and MDL cases, including: In Re: Vioxx-MDL (Purchase Claims Committee); In Re: Bextra and Celebrex MDL (Purchase Claims Committee); In Re: TriCor Indirect Purchaser Antitrust Litigation ( TPP Allocation Counsel); In Re: Lovenox Antitrust Litigation (Co-Lead Class Counsel); In Re: Nexium Litigation ( TPP Allocation Counsel); In Re: Ditropan Antitrust Litigation (Discovery Committee Chair); Zyprexa Off Label Marketing Litigation (Purchase Claims Committee); In Re: Guidant Medical Device Litigation (Expert Witness Committee); In Re: Neurontin Sales and Marketing MDL (Purchase Claims Committee).

Thompson is active in the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association where he is on the Executive Board and the American Trial Lawyers Association where he is a member of the section on Toxic, Environmental, and Pharmaceutical Torts (STEP). Thompson has published articles and been a featured speaker in his fields of specialty. He is also a licensed real estate broker. Thompson grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and currently lives with his two daughters, Anna and Sara.

Lecturer:

Featured Speaker, 2006 Michigan Trial Lawyers Association Rapid Fire Seminar - Michigan's Medicaid Qui Tam Act.
Featured Speaker, 2005 ATLA Annual Convention, “Obtaining Recovery for Identity Theft Victims.”
Featured Speaker, 2005 Florida Trial Lawyers Association, “Bring Your Closing Arguments to Life Electronically.”
Featured Speaker, 2005 Michigan Trial Lawyers Association Rapid Fire Seminar - New Ways to Succeed.
Featured Speaker, 2003, Product Liability and Personal Injury Law Conference, KitzbÜhel, Austria - Class Action and Multi-District Litigation.
Featured Speaker, 2002 Michigan Trial Lawyers Association Seminar: Mass Torts and Environmental Class Actions.
Moderator, 2002 Michigan Trial Lawyers Association Seminar: Commercial Litigation for Plaintiff Attorneys.
Featured Speaker, 2002 Michigan Trial Lawyers Association Rapid Fire Symposium - Environmental Torts.
Judge, 2002 Michigan State University-Detroit College of Law 3rd Annual National Trial Advocacy Competition.
Featured Speaker, 1998 Michigan Trial Lawyers Association Rapid Fire Symposium - EMS cases.

Articles:
“Corporate Misconduct Helps Fuel Lawsuits,” Crain’s Detroit Business, Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2005.
“Mass Tort Settlement Options in Class Actions and Multi-District Litigation,” Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Section on Toxic, Environmental & Pharmaceutical Torts, Vol. 10, No. 3, Spring 2003.
“Environmental Pollution: Today’s Lawsuits Against Polluters Are Including Claims for Emotional Distress Damages,” 82 Michigan State Bar Journal 30, 2002.
“As Is” Clause Holds Water Under The Michigan Underground Leaking Storage Tank Act, 1993 Det. C.L. Rev. 105.
“Note, Room for Sobriety Checkpoints Under The Fourth Amendment,” 1991 Det. C.L. Rev. 859.

Mediator:
Wayne, Oakland and Macomb County Circuit Courts

Honors:
Selected by Michigan Lawyers Weekly in 2001 as one of five “Up & Coming Lawyers.”

Legislative Testimony:
Testified before Michigan House Subcommittee in support of HB 4577, subsequently enacted as Michigan's Medicaid Health Care Fraud Qui Tam Provision.

Thompson grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and currently lives in Clarkston with his two children.