About
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