James R Thompson

Leadership & Staff

Kirk Dillard Republican senator from Chicago's western suburbs in the Illinois State Senate

• Legislative Director (past)

Business Positions

Winston & Strawn LLP International law firm with nearly 900 attorneys in the United States, Europe and Asia.

• Partner ('91→'06)

Board Memberships

Maximus, Inc. Business process outsourcing services to government health and human services agencies

• Director (Mar '01→?)

Chicago Board of Trade The oldest and one of the largest futures exchanges in the world

• Board Member

Winston & Strawn LLP International law firm with nearly 900 attorneys in the United States, Europe and Asia.

• Senior Chairman [+1]

• Chairman ('93→'06)

Sun-Times Media Group, Inc. Newspapers

• Director (past)

FMC Technologies, Inc. Provider of technology solutions for the energy industry

• Director ('01→?)

FMC Corporation A diversified chemical company

• Director (past)

Government Positions

9/11 Commission Govt committee created to investigate the 9/11 attacks

• Commissioner (past)

Office of the Governor of Illinois

• Governor ('77→'91)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

1 / 5

Republican National Committee U.S. political committee that leads the Republican Party of the U.S., a/k/a The Grand Ol' Party/GOP

• 1 contribution · 15,000 USD ('96)

Mark Steven Kirk US Senator and Representative from Illinois

• 5 contributions · 5,400 USD ('05→Oct 7 '10)

George W Bush 43rd U.S. president, ex-governor of Texas, son of George H. W. Bush.

• 3 contributions · 4,000 USD ('99→Sep 30 '03)

Adam Kinzinger US Representative from Illinois (2011-2023)

• 3 contributions · 4,000 USD (Sep 28 '10→Feb 19 '13)

Illinois Republican Party

• 4 contributions · 3,800 USD ('08→Nov 22 '13)

Winston & Strawn LLP Political Action Committee

• 25 contributions · 2,700 USD (Mar 31 '15→Dec 31 '17)

Aaron Schock US Representative from Illinois

• 3 contributions · 2,500 USD ('07→Apr 23 '10)

Rudy Giuliani Trump adviser; former mayor of New York City

• 1 contribution · 2,300 USD ('07)

John McCain US Senator and Representative from Arizona

• 1 contribution · 2,300 USD ('08)

Kevin McCarthy Former House Speaker, US Representative from California (2007-present)

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD (Jul 24 '15)

Memberships

Chicago 2016 Committee Committee backing Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics

• Member

Family

Jayne Carr Thompson Former Illinois first lady

• wife (Jun 19 '76→?)

Schools

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

• School (past)

Washington University in St. Louis A private research university located in St. Louis, Missouri

• School (past)

University of Illinois One of the original 37 public land-grant institutions

• School (past)

Social

Samuel K Skinner Former Secretary of Transportation

• close friend