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About the Founder
Cherish A. Thompson, Esq.
Profile
- For ten (10) years, Cherish A. Thompson has been voted by her peers as a SuperLawyer, a distinction for the top 2% of attorneys in their fields. She is well-known and well-respected in the legal community and receives excellent reviews from her clientele who trust and rely upon her.
Clientele
- Miss Thompson's clientele has included Chase Home, J.P. Morgan, PwC LLP, Canada, General Electric, Larkin Community Hospital, FirstBank Puerto Rico, Sun American Bank, Ocean Bank, and a former Ambassador to the United Nations. Thompson has handled various commercial law matters for other prestigious organisations such as Hard Rock Hotels, the AIC Hotel Group, Nobu Eden Roc; and SBE Entertainment Group including owner/operator disputes, trademark infringement claims, as well as claims under the ADA Website Accessibility. Thompson currently is instructed as general counsel to a family office with an iconic brand.
Practice Areas
- Cherish advises clients in all capacities from alternative dispute resolution to commercial litigation, and insolvency, including litigation issues relevant to the UCC, NACHA, EFTA, ISP-98 for letter of credit cases, indemnity, breach of fiduciary duty, foreclosures, and bankruptcies as well as international fraud, fraudulent transfer, and alter ego cases. She has substantive experience in creditors' remedies, covering executions, replevin, garnishment, fraudulent transfers, constructive trust, stay relief, conversion, civil theft, abatement, non-dischargeability; and the domestication of foreign judgments. Thompson acts as general counsel to a few select family offices, drafting loan agreements, family trusts, pre and post-nuptial agreements, articles of incorporation, bylaws, articles of organisation, and handles sensitive probate matters.
Awards
- Cherish Thompson has been awarded America's Top 100 Bet-The-Company Litigators for 2023; Palm Beach Illustrated's Top Attorney for 2023; Jupiter's Top Attorneys for 2024; and a designated SuperLawyer for ten years. Thompson remains actively involved in charity, and has devoted her time to organisations such as the Junior League, Queen Charlotte's Hospital, and the Soldiers and Sailors of America as well as the Red Cross and Wounded Warriors. As part of the Zeus World Peace Foundation, she had the privilege to act as a local ambassador for H.R.H. the Prince Edward and the Duke of Edinburgh Charities and Awards. In Law School, Thompson earned a place on Law Review and Moot Court; additionally receiving the book award for excellence in Business Associations and volunteered for Helping Others through Pro Bono Efforts (H.O.P.E.) and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (V.I.T.A.).
Background
A Wenham Woman
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Licensed & Languages
- Originally from Wenham, Massachusetts, Miss Thompson attended Pine Crest Preparatory Boarding School, matriculated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts from the Johns Hopkins University, and a minor in Voice from the Peabody Conservatory. She studied at the Sorbonne Universite´ Paris as well as the London Academy of Performing Arts prior to attending the University of Miami School of Law.
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Licensed & Languages
Licensed & Languages
- Miss Thompson is licensed to practice law in the States of New York, Florida, and Washington, D.C. as well as England & Wales and the Republic of Ireland. She is a Certified Florida Supreme Court Circuit Mediator and an Accredited UK Mediator from Regent's University. She is conversant in Spanish and French, and has a rudimentary knowledge of Russian.
Heritage
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Heritage
- A third generation attorney, Miss Thompson's great grand-father was honoured with the Victoria Cross and the Croix de Guerre. Her godfather, Major General R. Holley Keefler, CBE DSO ED, was honoured with the Order of the British Empire and a Distinguished Service Order. Her family has always been patrons of the Ballet and Opera, keen sailors and equestrian enthusiasts.