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Blake Thompson

Senior Associate

Chicago
phone: 312.526.1626
fax: 312.655.1501

email: [email protected]

Overview Experience Case Studies

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Outside the Office Community Leadership

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Overview

Blake advocates for clients during their most difficult legal challenges.

Blake handles complex matters that include asbestos litigation and product liability, among others. He assists in analyzing and investigating risk, and assessing testimony and other discovery productions, so as to determine strategy when clients require guidance on complex litigation. Blake also regularly handles depositions. He enjoys working closely with trial teams and clients across a broad variety of industries that include:

Banking
Life sciences
Agriculture
Transportation
Biotechnology
Manufacturing

Clients and legal teams appreciate Blake’s team player mindset. He knows that good litigation strategy requires weighing many perspectives, including the client’s operational end goals.

Before joining the firm, Blake was a Summer Associate, and held Judicial Externships for The Hon. Mary Mikva, First District Appellate Court of Illinois in Chicago and The Hon. Daniel T. Gillespie, Illinois Circuit Court of Cook County.

Industries

Manufacturing

Technology

Transportation

Services

Asbestos Litigation

Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution

Product Liability

Toxic Tort

Education

J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law
- with honors
- CALI Awards for highest grade in Torts, Family Law and Agency Law
- Moot Court Honor Society
- Fay Clayton Award for Outstanding Oral Advocate
B.A., DePaul University
- Political Science

Admissions

Illinois
Michigan
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin

Professional Memberships and Certifications

Illinois State Bar Association
Chicago Bar Association

Blog | January 23, 2025

Washington Court Finds No Take-Home Exposure in Asbestos Bench Trial

Blog | December 21, 2021

Oklahoma Supreme Court Sets Aside $465 Million Public Nuisance Opioid Verdict

Blog | July 16, 2021

Eighth Circuit Reverses Dismissal Based on Forum Non Conveniens Motion

Outside the Office

Blake visits family in his native Canada.

Blake came to Chicago on a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I scholarship, winning the men’s Big East Outdoor Track & Field Championship – in discus. He decided to make a home in the United States after college.

Community Leadership

Blake contributes his time and skills to pro bono cases for the firm, defending prisoners and others in need of representation on Section 1983 civil rights violation claims and other matters.