Larry Thompson
| Larry Thompson | |
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Thompson in Buffalo, New York on April 20, 2004
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| Deputy Attorney General of the United States | |
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In office May 10, 2001 – August 31, 2003 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Eric Holder |
| Succeeded by | James Comey |
| United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia | |
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In office 1982–1986 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Succeeded by | Bob Barr |
| Personal details | |
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Larry Dean Thompson November 15, 1945 Hannibal, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
Culver Stockton College -Cum Laude Michigan State University (M.A.) University of Michigan (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Attorney general, prosecutor, business executive |
Larry Dean Thompson (born November 15, 1945) is an American lawyer, most notable for his service as deputy Attorney General of the United States under United States President George W. Bush until August 2003. While Deputy Attorney General he signed a memo in 2002 denying deportation of Canadian citizen Maher Arar to Canada ultimately leading to his deportation to Syria where he faced torture. He also oversaw prosecutions against officials at Enron.
Thompson is the son of a railroad laborer from Hannibal, Missouri. He received his bachelor's degree, cum laude, from in 1967, his master's degree from Michigan State University in 1969, and his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Michigan in 1974.
In 1970, Thompson married Brenda Anne Taggart. They have two sons.
Thompson worked as an industrial relations representative for Ford Motor Company during law school. After graduation he worked at an attorney for Monsanto Company in St. Louis until 1977. That year he joined the law firm of King & Spalding in Atlanta, Georgia. He left the firm in 1982 for four years as U.S. attorney for the northern District of Georgia; however, he returned and was made a partner in 1986. He left King & Spalding in 2001 to return to the Justice Department as Deputy Attorney General.
Thompson was a director of the Providian Financial Corporation, during the time when Providian paid over $400 million to settle charges of consumer and securities fraud. Thompson made $4.7 million in the sale of Providian stock prior to the allegations. In 2002, Judicial Watch filed suit against Thompson for allegedly artificially inflating the stock price in order to illegally increase his earnings in the sale of stock. Thompson has denied any wrongdoing.
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