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Bryan P.
Thompson

Counsel

Chicago, IL

Bryan P. Thompson is Counsel at Clarkson. He focuses his practice on complex consumer class actions and data privacy litigation. With over a decade of legal experience spanning federal and state courts, he has built a reputation for delivering results in challenging, high-stakes cases.

Bryan’s extensive background includes managing all stages of litigation, from legal research and drafting to depositions, hearings, and arbitration. He has successfully briefed appeals in state and federal appellate court and handled hundreds of cases involving state and federal consumer protection laws.

He is admitted to practice to the State Bar of California and Illinois and all federal courts in Illinois, all federal courts in California, Southern District of Indiana, Eastern District of Wisconsin, District of Nebraska, and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He also holds a certification as a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US).

Bryan is active in contributing his time and expertise to bar associates, focusing on access to justice issues. He graduated magna cum laude from Northern Illinois University College of Law, where he was on Law Review, and graduated from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a B.A. in Political Science.

Representative Cases

Named to plaintiff's steering committee in In re TikTok InApp browser MDL

Class counsel for first known class action settlement under Illinois Debt Settlement Practices Act, obtained nearly all money paid to debt settlement company for consumers Badillo v. Consumer Protection Legal Center, LLC, 2020-CH-2962 (Cir. Court Cook County)

June Beecham v. Lakeview Law Group -- upheld waiver of arbitration agreement on appeal (First District Appellate court, Illinois)

Evans v. Portfolio Recovery Associates -- 7th Circuit Court of Appeals -- briefed consolidated appeal upholding summary judgment for Plaintiffs in FDCPA cases regarding failure to mark disputed debt, one of the first appellate cases in country on this issue in 2018.

Education

J.D., 2012, Northern Illinois University College of Law, magna cum laude
B.A. in Political Science, 2008, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Bar & Court Admissions

State Bar of California
State Bar of Illinois
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

Recognitions

Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2021-2022
Super Lawyers, 2023-2025

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Professional Memberships

National Associations of Consumer Advocates, Illinois State Chair, Board of Judiciary Committee and Ethics Committee
Illinois State Bar Association, Member of Information and Privacy Law Committee
Chicago Bar Association, Former Vice Chair and later Chair of Consumer Law Committee