The Thompson & Richard, LLP Legal Team

Jeffrey E. Thompson, Managing Partner 

E-mail: jthompson@TRLawOffice.com 

Practice Areas:

• Zoning, Land Use, and Development
• Real Estate Title and Settlement Services
• Estate Planning and Probate Administration
• Business Organizations / Development
• Administrative / Municipal Law
• SHA Condemnation / Eminent Domain
• Contracts and Leases - Business / Residential / Commercial

Professional Development:

1977 - Bachelor of Science / Business Admin. - West Virginia Wesleyan College

1981 - Juris Doctor - University of Baltimore School of Law 

1981 - 2014 - Thompson & Thompson, LLP

 2014 - Present - Partner, Thompson & Richard, LLP

Crystal S. Richard, Partner

E-Mail: crichard@TRLawOffice.com

Practice Areas:

• Civil Litigation
• Family Law - Divorce, Custody, Visitation, Child Support, Adoption, Guardianship, Separation Agreements, Pre-Nuptial/Post-Nuptial Agreements
• Landlord/Tenant Law
• Protective Orders/Peace Orders
• Major/Minor Traffic Matters
• DUI
• Business Planning/Formation
• Contracts & Leases - Business, Residential & Commercial
• Real Estate Matters
• Real Estate Title/Settlement Services
• Estate Planning/Probate Law

Mediation Services:

• Trained Mediator for General Civil and Domestic/Family Matters

Parent Coordination Services:

• Trained Parent Coordinator for High Conflict Domestic/Family Matters

Professional Development:

2002: Bachelor of Arts - Washington College

2005: Juris Doctor - Catholic University Columbus School of Law

2005 - 2006: Clerk to the Honorable Thomas G. Ross, Circuit Court for

                      Queen Anne's County, Maryland

2009 - 2013: Vice President, Queen Anne's County Bar Association 

2013 - 2014: President, Queen Anne's County Bar Association

2006 - 2014: Associate Attorney, Thompson & Thompson, LLP

2015 - 2018: Adjunct Professor, Washington College, Business Development

                        *BUS 303 - The Legal Environment of Business

2016 - 2019: Member, Trial Courts Judicial Nomination Commission - District Two

2017 - 2021: Trust Clerk - Queen Anne's County Circuit Court

2006 - Present: Substitute Auditor, Queen Anne's County Circuit Court

2014 - Present: Partner, Thompson & Richard, LLP

2014 - Present: Member, Character Committee - First Appellate Court

2018 - Present: Member, Chesapeake Woman's Network, Queen Anne's County

2019 - Present: Board Member, United Way of Queen Anne's County

2020 - Present: Board Attorney, Queen Anne's County Ethics Commission

2022 - Present: Judge, Maryland Tax Court