Mallori Thompson

Mallori D. Thompson

(she/her/hers)

Associate

Mallori D. Thompson

(she/her/hers)

Associate

  • Overview

    Biography

    Mallori Thompson focuses her practice on all aspects of general business litigation and dispute resolution, including tort and contract matters. Her experience includes most recently clerking in the chambers of the Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard A. Robinson. Prior to joining the firm, she was a Community Justice Fellow at Greater Hartford Legal Aid, providing legal information, and facilitating connections to those in need of legal services, assisting particularly in matters of family violence and special education advocacy. Mallori also was a Summer Associate with the firm. That experience exposed her to wide-ranging areas of the law, including business litigation matters, immigration, and employment. 

    Pro Bono and Community Involvement

    Mallori devotes significant time to community engagement. While a Summer Associate, she took part in the Domestic Violence Restraining Order Program, interviewing a domestic violence survivor and conducting legal research to build the client’s criminal complaint. For her work in that program, Mallori was inducted into the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence First 100 Plus Class of 2019.

    In addition, Mallori is a First Lieutenant, Medical Service Officer in the U.S. Army Reserves based at Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Massachusetts.

     

  • Experience
    • Professional Associations

      Professional Associations

      The National Black Lawyers
      “Top 40 Under 40” (2023)

      George W. Crawford Black Bar Association
      President-elect (2023 - 2024)
      Vice President (2022 - 2023)
      Member (2021 - present)

      Oliver Ellsworth American Inn of Court

      Connecticut Bar Association
      Past Diversity & Inclusion Committee, Student Representative

      Women's White Collar Defense Association
      Social Media Coordinator, Connecticut Chapter
    • Honors + Awards

      Honors + Awards

      Named to the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence (CCADV) First 100 Plus Class of 2019 for demonstrating leadership and commitment to improving the lives of domestic violence survivors throughout Connecticut.

      Presented with the 2018 George C. Marshall Leadership Award

      Selected for membership in The National Black Lawyers “Top 40 Under 40” for 2023.

  • NEWS + PRESS
    • Publications

      Publications

      "What May Shape The Scope Of Affirmative Action Ruling," co-authored with Joshua L. Coker and Seth B. Orkand, published in Law360 Expert Analysis (11/6/2022)
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        • What May Shape The Scope Of Affirmative Action Ruling

        "What May Shape The Scope Of Affirmative Action Ruling," co-authored by Joshua L. Coker, Mallori D. Thompson and Seth B. Orkand, published in Law360 Expert Analysis (11/6/2022)

        The “Expert Analysis” article examines the affirmative action cases Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, dating from November and February 2021, respectively, following oral arguments presented before the U.S. Supreme Court. The authors conclude that “the fate of race-conscious admissions in higher education is no longer in any real doubt." The two cases closely resemble the most recent attempt in Fisher II (2016) to prohibit university admissions from considering race, in which the court’s then-majority determined that consideration of racial minority status was constitutional because the educational benefit of diversity in collegiate environments was 1) a sufficiently measurable compelling interest and 2) there was not a workable, race-neutral alternative to achieve diversity. Since then, the composition of the court’s justices has shifted dramatically to the right. However, the authors note that “there appear to be divisions within the court’s conservative bloc that may shape the breadth of holdings for the cases’ common petitioner.”

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    • News

      R+C in the News

      • November 8, 2022

        Litigation Section Lawyers Author Law360 Article on the Future Reach of Affirmative Action Ruling

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          Litigation Section Lawyers Author Law360 Article on the Future Reach of Affirmative Action Ruling

          Seth B. Orkand, Joshua L. Coker and Mallori D. Thompson, members of the firm’s Litigation Section, authored the article “What May Shape The Scope Of Affirmative Action Ruling,” published by Law360 on November 6, 2022. The “Expert Analysis” article examines the affirmative action cases Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, dating from November and February 2021, respectively, following oral arguments presented before the U.S. Supreme Court. The authors conclude that “the fate of race-conscious admissions in higher education is no longer in any real doubt." The two cases closely resemble the most recent attempt in Fisher II (2016) to prohibit university admissions from considering race, in which the court’s then-majority determined that consideration of racial minority status was constitutional because the educational benefit of diversity in collegiate environments was 1) a sufficiently measurable compelling interest and 2) there was not a workable, race-neutral alternative to achieve diversity. Since then, the composition of the court’s justices has shifted dramatically to the right. However, the authors note that “there appear to be divisions within the court’s conservative bloc that may shape the breadth of holdings for the cases’ common petitioner.” Read the article.

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    • Legal Updates/Newsletters

      Legal Updates/Newsletters

      "Changes to Conditions of SEC Rule 10b5-1 Obligations" co-authored with Benjamin M. Daniels (2/24/2023)