BRENDAN S. THOMPSON focuses his practice primarily on representing plaintiffs in consumer cases.

During his legal studies, Mr. Thompson worked as a Student Intern for Congressman Brian Higgins (NY); as a Student Law Clerk for the Honorable LeRoy F. Millette, Jr. at the Circuit Court for the 31st Judicial Circuit of Virginia; and as a Student Law Clerk at the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office for Prince William County, Virginia.  Each of these places of employment provided Mr. Thompson with an understanding as to how laws are introduced and passed and then interpreted by courts and judges.

Since joining the firm as a lawyer in 2008, Mr. Thompson has litigated cases across the country and has served as counsel, or co-lead counsel, in a number of the leading consumer class actions concerning product defects, warranty misrepresentations, company omissions, and false labeling.  A few of Mr. Thompson’s representative cases are Gold v. Lumber Liquidators (N.D. of Cal.) (concerning defective flooring); In re: Building Materials Corp. of America (D.S.C.) (concerning defective fiberglass roof shingles); In re: IKO Manufacturing (C.D. of Il.) (concerning defective organic roof shingles); Reitman v. Champion Pet Foods (C.D. of Cal.) (concerning alleged product misrepresentations); Morrison v. Ross Stores, Inc. (C.D. of Cal.) (concerning alleged product misrepresentations); Minor v. Congoleum (D. N.J.) (concerning defective flooring products and refusals to honor warranties); In re: CertainTeed Cement Siding (M.D. of Pa.) (concerning defective cement siding); Gonzalez v. Owens Corning (W.D. of Pa.) (concerning defective fiberglass shingles); and In re Kitec Plumbing Systems (N.D. of Tex.) (concerning defective PEX plumbing systems).

Mr. Thompson has extensive experience with every aspect of complex litigation.  This experience includes: fostering and interacting with clients; conducting all aspects of pre-trial discovery, conducting expert discovery (including offensive and defensive Daubert briefing and working with forensic testing labs and consulting firms); regularly organizing and supervising large teams of lawyers and paraprofessionals with database discovery coding projects (including predictive coding); researching and drafting dispositive briefs; preparing and participating in arguments before courts (related to discovery, motions to dismiss, summary judgment, Daubert, and class certification), mediating cases; coordinating and participating in multidistrict litigation (“MDL“) before the Judicial Panel; preparing and planning for trial; and conducting appellate litigation.  Mr. Thompson’s appellate work includes briefing before the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. Court of Appels for the Seventh Circuit.

In 2009, Mr. Thompson received a diploma from the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (“NITA”).

Mr. Thompson has provided lunches to the homeless as a volunteer with Bethesda Cares, donated to Esperanca, participated in Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy functions, and assisted the Wood Acres Neighborhood with events and activities.  He has also spent time mentoring first year students enrolled in the University of Baltimore School of Law’s 1L Mentor Program.