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Wm. Charles Thomson
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(602) 530-8513wct@gknet.com

Chuck has substantial experience with commercial disputes involving contracts or business torts, the defense of professional negligence claims, and environmental litigation in both state and federal courts. Having handled civil litigation matters in Phoenix and throughout Arizona for more than 48 years, Chuck has experience in commercial and business disputes of all types, including breach of contract and fiduciary duties, fraud and misrepresentation, civil RICO, and securities litigation. He has defended numerous professional liability claims for physicians, attorneys, and architects.

In recent years, Chuck has focused his practice on representing plaintiffs in personal injury and wrongful death claims and pursuing tort and contract damages on behalf of individuals against corporations and other business entities. More recently, he has transitioned to strategic case planning and analysis, and mentoring young lawyers.

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ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

  • State Bar of Arizona, Member
  • Supreme Court of Arizona, Attorney Ethics Advisory Committee, (2019-2021)
  • State Bar of Arizona, Professionalism Committee (2012-2018); Chair (2017-2018)
  • Arizona Association of Defense Counsel, Member (1975-2009); Past President (1987)
  • Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education, Sustaining Patron
  • Maricopa County Bar Foundation, Charter Benefactor and Past Chair

HONORS & AWARDS

  • AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
  • Best Lawyers in America®, Bet-the-Company Litigation, 2024-2025; Commercial Litigation, 2013-2025
  • Top 50 Pro Bono Attorneys in Arizona, 2014
  • Arizona Finest Lawyers, Sustaining Member, 2014-2019

News

  • Best Lawyers in America® 2025 Recognizes 51 Gallagher & Kennedy Attorneys - August 15, 2024
  • Best Lawyers in America® 2024 Recognizes 52 Gallagher & Kennedy Attorneys - August 21, 2023
  • Best Lawyers in America® 2023 Recognizes 41 Gallagher & Kennedy Attorneys - August 18, 2022
  • Best Lawyers in America® 2022 Recognizes 37 Gallagher & Kennedy Attorneys - August 19, 2021
  • Best Lawyers in America® Recognizes 36 Gallagher & Kennedy Attorneys - August 21, 2020
  • In the Huddle with the MVPs of Gallagher & Kennedy - June 26, 2020
  • Best Lawyers in America® Recognizes 33 Gallagher & Kennedy Attorneys as Leaders in Their Field - August 15, 2019
  • Best Lawyers in America® Recognizes 35 Gallagher & Kennedy Attorneys as Leaders in Their Field - August 15, 2018
  • 35 Gallagher & Kennedy Attorneys Recognized as 2018 'Best Lawyers in America®' - August 16, 2017
  • 33 Gallagher & Kennedy Attorneys Named 2017 ‘Best Lawyers in America®’ - August 17, 2016
  • G&K Attorneys Named to 2016 'The Best Lawyers in America®' List - August 17, 2015
  • G&K Attorneys Named to 2015 'The Best Lawyers in America®' List - August 18, 2014
  • 36 G&K Attorneys Named to 2014 Best Lawyers in America® List - August 15, 2013
  • Nearly Two-Thirds of G&K's Shareholders Named "Best Lawyers in America" - August 22, 2012

PRACTICE AREAS

  • Litigation
  • Plaintiffs Personal Injury & Wrongful Death

Bar & Court Admissions

  • Arizona, 1975
  • U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1975
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1976

Education

  • Indiana University
    J.D., magna cum laude, 1975
  • Indiana University
    B.A., 1972

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