Michael Thompson Email & Phone Number

San Antonio, Tx, Us

San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area

Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico

*Adjudicated approximately 70,000 non-immigrant visa (NIV) applications and hundreds of passports and citizenship claims for U.S. citizens in consulates in Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros, Merida, and the U.S. embassy in Mexico City*Wrote talking points and presented on radio and Facebook Live – in Spanish – for public outreach events including on dual nationality, passport and Consular Report of Birth Abroad applications, fraud prevention, and non-immigrant visas*Part of U.S. Department of State’s Afghanistan task force to reach U.S. citizens and special immigrant visa candidate regarding evacuation options in August and September 2021*Developed expertise in tourist (B1/B2) visas, TN visas, petition-based work visas, INA section 212(a) ineligibilities related to prior immigration violations, misrepresentation, and alien smuggling, as well as midwife fraud (false U.S. birth registration) in U.S. passport applications*Served as control officer several times over in one of them most fluid and challenging security environments in North America, including for U.S. ambassador visits*Developed training plans for other employees on: crisis management, onboarding into the visa section and American Citizen Services Section*Filled gaps in staffing as deputy and de facto fraud prevention manager, including evaluating performance for locally employed staff*Providing excellent customer service to U.S. Citizens and foreign nationals in pursuit of the Consular Affair’s mission to facilitate legitimate travel, promote national security, including during a global pandemic

Denton, Tx

*Worked on various short-term, transactions in support of a general business practice in a general counsel role, involving real property, employment, consumer protection, entity formation, and other business issues*Wrote advice memoranda on contract and proposal review within 24 hours in a dozen cases*Drafted easements, real-estate sales agreements, deeds, and internal company memos of accounting policies in connection with a general business practice*Balanced part-time work while meeting performance objectives in full-time employment

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

*Supported litigation delivery in high-profile cases, using e-discovery (Kroll and Relativity)*Reviewed daily 400+ English-language documents for anti-trust, consumer protection, breach of contract, and other legal issues*Supported litigation in high-profile telecommunications and aviation cases with internationally renown law-firm through e-discovery platforms*Reviewed documents for substantive contract compliance issues and privilege in front-line reviews

Lockhart, Texas

*Help clients achieve their wealth transfer goals through designing, preparing, and implementing wills, trusts, property agreements, and other arrangements.*Help personal representatives of deceased loved ones administer and wrap the affairs of the estate*Counseled and prepared client's estate plans, wills, powers of attorney, documents for healthcare decisions, and other matters to provide excellent client service and an integrated perspective*Identify opportunities for better planning to meet long-term, financial, healthcare, and other legal needs*Counsel and advise clients on routine and sophisticated estate-planning techniques*Review drafts and other work by non-attorneys in the office*Help develop non-attorney talent and workflows in light of staff learning goals*Balance active, open cases in several part-time positions simultaneously*Prepare negotiation strategies and brief legal issues in connection with open estate administration and real property disputes

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

*Reviewed daily 300+ Spanish-, and French-language documents for substantive issues in front-line and quality-checking reviews to identify relevant evidence for case development*Provided litigation support in a multi-lingual, high-profile government investigation through e-discovery platforms Kroll and Relativity*Reviewed Spanish- and French-language documents for substantive anti-trust and white-collar criminal issues in front-line and quality-checking reviews*Analyzed Spanish- and French-language documents for applicability of American privilege as well as "professional secret" under the general practice of the EU

Geneva Area, Switzerland

*Applied public international law principles to current events to anticipate trade-related consequences and formulate recommendations to mitigate risk*Prepared half a dozen background notes for the Director-General*Prepared three background and briefing dossiers on various economic topics (e.g. income inequality, trade facilitation) for senior staff's participation in public-engagement events*Designed two stakeholder feedback forms following a Ministerial-level conference, analyzed results and identified lessons learned from relevant stakeholders*Drafted two, highly rated logistics brochures, each of approximately 100 pages, detailing logistical arrangements for a ministerial-level conference in Nairobi *Completed a training about SMEs in the global economy and their role in international trade*Ensured the smooth progression of high-level meetings of the WTO by contributing to speaking notes, identifying order of speakers in line with protocol, and preparing minutes.*Reviewed empirical literature the extent and consequences of U.S. and E.U. trade policy, particularly agricultural policy, in light of the economic consequences to developing countries*Participated in WTO trade symposia, like the Global Review of Aid for Trade, and other programs examining the role of programs in developing and middle-income countries

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

*Met with 4 clients a day (for consultation) and managed an active case load*Investigated factual elements of clients’ cases to identify theories of relief (e.g. asylum, SIJS)*Prepared petitions, answers, and motions to be filed in pending removal proceedings.*Researched and wrote memoranda explaining the applicability of, legal theories in each immigration case, including SIJS, asylum, V/U/T visas, family-based petition, etc.*Prepared one successful brief to BIA on an abuse-of-discretion standard*Provided excellent advocacy to qualifying Spanish-speaking, child clients through direct representation in immigration removal proceedings*Met with a reporter to generate a client base for our program in collaboration with my team

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

*Communicated legal consequences and means for achieving clients' objectives*Prepared petitions, answers, and motions to be filed in court as well as background information and files for trust-related mediation*Drafted technical correspondence for other legal professionals*Established liaison with clients and other law firms to better develop factual theories to update and maintain files*Developed timelines under the Tex. Estates Code and memorialized plans of action for later reference to develop the firm’s best practices*Drafted demand letters to resolve client disputes before resorting to litigation

Geneva Area, Switzerland

*Drafted three internal guidance documents regarding UN policy for collaboration with external partners, including a protocol for due-diligence and suitability assessments*Prepared two briefing books for the USG to participate in World Economic Forum events*Provided comments on two agreements with private-sector partners to ensure compliance with complex UN rules and regulations and finding solutions for better compliance*Tracked industry developments to keep OCHA’s core messages relevant to the private sector*Identified potential risks and designed mitigation strategies for partnership proposals*Hired for a month-long consultancy after six-month internship

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

*Experienced courtroom administration up close, saw a trial from pre-trial through voir dire, evidence phase, and eventual settlement*Assisted with routine court procedures, including prove-ups for applications*Researched questions involving real property, evidence, and probate jurisdiction

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Estate Planning

Activities and Societies: *2012 study abroad program with the College of William and Mary focusing on comparative aspects.

B.Sc., Economics, 3.785, Graduated Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: *Degree required study in statistics, econometrics, calculus, and quantitative methods *Dean’s List *Used.

Economics

Studies focused on economics and french for several quarters

Education record