John A. Thomson, Jr.

John A. Thomson, Jr. is special counsel with Adams and Reese LLP in Atlanta. He has advised clients on commercial litigation and bankruptcy matters for more than 30 years. Mr. Thomson represents clients in matters related to commercial finance and debtor/creditor issues. He has served in a broad range of roles in the bankruptcy courts, including counsel to secured financial institutions, indenture trustees, commercial trade creditors, life insurance companies, private-equity investors, and purchasers of distressed debt in all facets of commercial bankruptcies. Mr. Thomson has served as counsel to a number of unsecured creditors’ committees, and served as a chapter 11 trustee for a health care operating company. His litigation work has included litigating matters in actions arising out of breach of contract, shareholder disputes, valuation of real and personal property collateral, the appointment of receivers, declaratory judgment actions related to bond issues, leases of commercial property, real estate development ventures, repossession of commercial collateral and execution of judgments. In addition to his litigation and transactional skills, Mr. Thomson is a graduate of the ABI’s Mediation Training at St. John’s University, and he is qualified as a mediator in disputes arising out of bankruptcy and creditors’ rights matters. He is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, a past president and chairman of the board of the Southeast Bankruptcy Law Institute, and the former chair of the Atlanta Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Section from 2013-14. He also is a Master of the W. Homer Drake Inn of Court and a member of the Bankruptcy and Litigation Sections of the Georgia Bar Association, as well as a member of the ABI’s Finacne and Banking, real Estate and Asset Sales Committees. Mr. Thomson is listed in Chambers USA for Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Georgia (2019-22), The Best Lawyers in America for Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law and Georgia Super Lawyers for Bankruptcy: Business, Business Litigation (2010-23). He received his A.B. in economics in 1981 from Davidson College and his J.D. in 1986 from the University of Georgia School of Law.