Tyler Thompson
Senior Partner | Dolt, Thompson, Shepherd, Conway & Stanton, PSC
Tyler Thompson is a medical malpractice, products liability and birth injury trial lawyer and senior partner at Dolt, Thompson, Shepherd, Conway & Stanton, PSC in Louisville, Kentucky. Admitted in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia; J.D., University of Louisville School of Law (1986).
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Tyler S. Thompson is a trial lawyer and senior partner at Dolt, Thompson, Shepherd, Conway & Stanton, PSC in Louisville, Kentucky, where his practice focuses on catastrophic injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, birth injury, defective products and complex personal injury litigation.
In more than 30 years of practice, Thompson has secured six jury verdicts over $10 million and recoveries of $20.8 million, $27.3 million and $164 million, according to his firm biography. Super Lawyers ranked him the top attorney in Kentucky in 2021 and from 2023 through 2025, and Best Lawyers in America has named him its Louisville Personal Injury Litigator of the Year in 2011, 2013, 2019, 2024 and 2026.
Thompson is president of the Inner Circle of Advocates and a past president of the Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys. He is also a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and in 2026 the Kentucky chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates named him Outstanding Plaintiff Trial Attorney of the Year.
A graduate of Berea College and the University of Louisville School of Law, Thompson serves on the Berea College Board of Trustees and as a trustee of the American Museum of Fly Fishing.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- Berea College, B.A. in History (1983)
- University of Louisville School of Law, J.D. (1986)
- Admitted to practice in Kentucky
- Admitted to practice in West Virginia (2008)
Practice Areas
- Inner Circle of Advocates (President)
- Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys (Past President)
- American College of Trial Lawyers
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- American Association for Justice
- Kentucky Justice Association
- Kentucky Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Louisville Bar Association
- Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
- American Bar Foundation
- Litigation Counsel of America (Fellow)
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Super Lawyers #1 Attorney in Kentucky (2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)
- Best Lawyers in America Louisville Personal Injury Litigator of the Year (2011, 2013, 2019, 2024, 2026)
- ABOTA Kentucky Chapter Outstanding Plaintiff Trial Attorney of the Year (2026)
- Peter Perlman Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys (2003)
- Top 10 Attorneys in Kentucky, Super Lawyers (2008, 2010-2012, 2016, 2017, 2020-present)
- National Law Journal Top 50 Verdicts of 2024
- National Law Journal Top 100 Verdicts of 2002
- Litigation Counsel of America Invited Fellow (2013)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating
- $164 Million Recovery: Listed on his firm biography among landmark recoveries; no further detail stated.
- $27.3 Million Recovery: Listed on his firm biography among landmark recoveries; no further detail stated.
- $20.8 Million Recovery: Listed on his firm biography among landmark recoveries; no further detail stated.
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