Tara Thompson graduated with honors from the University of Chicago Law School in 2003. She served as the Senior Comment Editor for the University of Chicago Legal Forum. She also participated in the law school's Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, working for several years in the Police Accountability Project. She was a member of the clinic student board and received the Edwin F. Mandel Award, awarded yearly to those law school graduates who most demonstrate commitment to and effective advocacy for clients.
Following law school Ms. Thompson worked as an associate in the litigation department of Mayer Brown's Chicago office. She left Mayer Brown in 2006 to clerk for Judge Elaine Bucklo of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. After completing her clerkship, Ms. Thompson joined Loevy & Loevy in 2007.
In addition to practicing law, Ms. Thompson is also a Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago where she co-teaches a clinic on wrongful convictions with other Loevy & Loevy attorneys beginning in January 2008. She has been admitted to practice by the Illinois Supreme Court, the Northern District of Illinois, and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
