Lynn Patton Thompson
Lynn Thompson has practiced extensively in the areas of government contracts and grants law (federal, state, and local), construction law, commercial litigation, and small business consulting for 26 years. Prime contractors, subcontractors, owners, and suppliers in all aspects of procurement, construction, and contract-related matters retain her for her experience, know-how and business-minded approach. Lynn is a problem solver. She counsels clients in contract drafting and negotiation, business planning, disputes, claims and appeals, bid protests, litigation, arbitration, and mediation.
Lynn represents large and small businesses that do business with the federal and state governments. She has extensive experience in bid protests at the Government Accountability Office, the various Boards of Contract Appeals, the Court of Federal Claims and in protests before the U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Hearings and Appeals. She represents owners and contractors in disputes, claims, and other aspects of contract administration. Her prior experience as an attorney-advisor with the United States Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C. provides a unique perspective for representing clients in the private sector.
Transactional work also features in Lynn's practice. She represents clients in asset purchases and sales and provides counsel on business formation and other project-related transactions, such as teaming agreements and joint venture agreements.
Lynn also focuses on special small business programs, including the HUBZone Program, 8(a) Program, Women-Owned Small Business Program, Mentor-Protégé Program, and the Veteran-Owned and Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Concern programs. She regularly consults with businesses that desire to participate in these programs and assists them with business planning, certification, contract drafting, compliance, and protests. She has a national base of clients, from all over the Southeast, West Coast, Hawaii, Kentucky, South Carolina, Texas and states in between.As associate counsel for the Mississippi Association of General Contractors, Lynn assisted with development of Mississippi's Construction Lien Law that became effective in 2014.
- AV Rated by Martindale Hubbell
- Construction Lawyers Society of America (CLSA)
- Mississippi Secretary of State Uniform Commercial Code Debtor-Creditor Study Group (2009)
Jackson, Mississippi 39236-4028