Thompson Elected to Law and Leadership Institute Board of Directors

Taft Cleveland partner Adrian D. Thompson has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Law & Leadership Institute (LLI), an Ohio nonprofit that collaborates with the legal and business communities to prepare students from underserved backgrounds for postsecondary and professional success through a comprehensive four-year academic program.

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Thompson counsels clients on issues including equal employment opportunity litigation, wage-hour problems, employment of the disabled, federal housing, and other labor matters. Co-partner-in-charge of the Cleveland office, he is also a member of the firm's executive and participation committees and serves as Taft's chief inclusion and opportunity officer. Thompson helps drive the firm's commitment and strategy regarding inclusion across Taft's offices and the communities we serve.

He is active in the legal community, having served as the 2022-2023 president of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and as president emeritus of the board of directors of the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland. Thompson formerly served on the Commission on the Rules of Superintendence for Ohio Courts, which the Supreme Court of Ohio appointed him to. In this role, he was one of 19 members who represented various judges, associations, attorneys, magistrates, clerks of court, and court administrators. He is also a member of the Supreme Court of Ohio's Task Force on Commercial Dockets and serves on the Advisory Group for the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Ohio.