Judge Thompson is a Superior Court Judge in the Cobb Judicial Circuit. He was appointed to this position in 2022. He was also appointed to the Cobb County State Court bench in 2013 and was re-elected in 2014 and 2018.

Judge Thompson worked in a criminal defense practice in Marietta and represented clients in numerous courts across the metropolitan Atlanta area. He has been a faculty member for the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia.

Judge Thompson earned his undergraduate degree from Emory University and his law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law. Judge Thompson is married and has four children. He is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Marietta and has coached youth football, baseball, and wrestling in Cobb County.