About

 
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Stephen E. Thompson, Esquire

Partner

Mr. Thompson’s nation-wide practice focuses on matters involving a wide range of real estate legal services. This includes extensive experience in commercial and high-end residential transactions and development (including malls, office buildings, shopping centers, and resort projects), title insurance, sales, purchases, land use and development; condominiums, associations, entity formation, lending transactions, title services, leases, zoning and land use, business sales and acquisitions, assets sales and acquisitions (including gas stations, fuel terminals, wind farm energy projects, transportation and delivery systems), loan workouts, foreclosures, evictions, land and contract disputes, related litigation and litigation management, oil, gas and mineral interest title examination. His clients have included national and local developers, retail and office landlords and tenants, builders, banks, title companies, governmental agencies, and select individuals.

Mr. Thompson has supervised teams of attorneys on complex real estate transactions, land use, and litigation matters. He guided and lead a legal team in the privatization of the transportation system of a large southeastern metropolitan area, which included public transportation facilities, fuel terminals, buses, water-taxis, union and labor/employment issues.

 

 

Professional Associations & Recognition

  • Florida Bar Board Certification in:

    • Real Estate Law since 1990

    • Condominium and Planned Development Law since 2018 (from inception of this certification)

  • Admitted to:

    • Florida Bar

    • Ohio Bar

    • Tennessee Bar

    • Utah Bar

    • Georgia Bar

    • Washington DC Bar (Inactive)

    • United States Supreme Court

  • Inclusion in Best Lawyers® in America

    • Real Estate in Naples from 2008-2023

    • Litigation - Real Estate in Naples from 2012-2023

  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent* rating from 1993-2023

  • Named a "Florida Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics Magazine

  • Excellent Rating on Avvo

  • Naples Illustrated Magazine’s 2022 List of Top Lawyers

  • Naples Area Board of Realtors Member, Legal Resources Committee 2020

  • International Council of Shopping Centers Member

  • Former Urban Land Institute Member

    • Executive Committee (1998-2005, 2015-2018)

    • Senior Executive Committee (2001-2005)

  • Collier County Bar Association Real Estate Section Chair (1990-1991)

Charitable and Community Activities

  • Awards for Service during Hurricanes Irma, Wilma, Charley, and others.

  • BSA Silver Beaver Award, 2014

    • SW Florida Council of Boy Scouts of America


Additional Languages Spoken

  • French - Professional Working Proficiency

  • Spanish - Limited Working Proficiency


Education

  • Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Juris Doctorate, cum laude 1982

  • Florida International University, BA French with honors, 1980