The law firm of Gallagher & Kennedy announced that Charles Thomson has received the Top 50 Pro Bono Attorneys in Arizona award for 2014 from the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education. Mr. Thomson was nominated for the award by the Community Legal Services Volunteer Lawyers Program.
The Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposed to promote access to justice for all Arizonans. The Top 50 Pro Bono Attorneys in Arizona award was established in 2001 to recognize attorneys who give their time and legal expertise to residents of Arizona who otherwise do not have access to legal services.
“I sincerely appreciate being honored along with my colleagues by the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education,” says Mr. Thomson. “There are many lawyers who generously share their expertise in communities across the state without such recognition.”
Mr. Thomson is a shareholder practicing in the areas of commercial litigation, real estate litigation, products liability and professional liability. He has received the Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating and was listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for commercial litigation. Mr. Thomson earned his J.D., magna cum laude, in 1975 and his B.A. in 1972 from Indiana University.