James R. Thompson

James R. Thompson | Winston Strawn LLP

Editor: Governor Thompson, would you give our readers a brief overview of your career? Thompson: I started my career as a prosecutor, first with the State's Attorneys Office of Cook County and then with the Illinois Attorney General's Office. After returning to Northwestern Law School to...

James R. Thompson | Winston Strawn LLP

Editor: Governor Thompson, would you summarize for our readers the high points of your career? Thompson: I have been fortunate in always believing that the job I had at the moment was the best job I'd ever had. This is something that was as true at the time I was a young assistant prosecutor in...