January 6, 2020
Dysart Taylor is pleased to announce that John Thompson has been elected as a shareholder/director of the firm effective Jan. 1, 2020.
“John has been a tremendous asset to our team and has helped the firm grow its emphasis on helping clients on a range of corporate matters,” said Dysart Taylor’s Managing Partner Amanda Pennington Ketchum. “He is a business-minded lawyer with a broad range of experience and uniquely shares our clients’ entrepreneurial spirit. We look forward to his continued success with our firm in this role.”
Whether helping a publicly-traded company, a startup business or a family with its estate, Thompson focuses his practice on helping clients achieve both their personal and business interests. For more than a decade, he has guided clients through the process of developing structured business plans to meet these goals and objectives.
As a business and corporate lawyer, he helps lending institutions, corporations, family businesses, entrepreneurs and investors eliminate risks associated with corporate transactions. He advises clients on complex commercial financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate and debt restructurings. Thompson also helps individuals and businesses plan for the future with estate planning and business succession services.
Thompson is a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law and obtained his bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from Kansas State University. He is admitted to practice in the United States District Court, District of Kansas, the United States District Court, District of Western Missouri, the State of Kansas, the State of Missouri, and the State of Nebraska.
Prior to joining the firm, Thompson worked for a China-focused private equity fund where he handled the sourcing, due diligence and reporting requirements for the firm’s equity investments in Hong Kong and mainland China. He also worked in the private client services division of a trust and asset management company where he advised clients in the areas of investment management, estate planning and pension plan design.