Thompson & Knight

Thompson & Knight LLP is a law firm of approximately 350 attorneys based in the United States. It has U.S. offices in Texas, New York, and Michigan and international offices and associations in the Americas, North Africa, and Europe. The Firm is known for its capabilities in energy finance, taxation, business transactions, and an ability to resolve its clients' controversies in or out of court. In addition to providing a wide range of traditional legal services to clients in many industries, it provides services to all areas of the energy industry - domestic and international, as well as upstream, midstream, and downstream. 76% of its U.S. partners are currently recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®.

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History

Thompson & Knight was founded in 1887 by William Thompson and R.E.L. Knight, who were among the earliest law graduates of The University of Texas.

Nearly one hundred years ago, Thompson & Knight aided in the removal of the Texas and Pacific Railway Company tracks in downtown Dallas, eliminating a barrier considered detrimental to the development of the city. The Firm’s arguments to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1930 led to the landmark decision that income belonged one-half to the husband and one-half to the wife, and could be reported separately for income tax purposes. The Firm’s assistance to another client in 1958 led to the development and successful testing of the integrated circuit, ushering in the semiconductor and electronics age.

In 2004, Emily Parker, a tax attorney who had previously won one of the largest income tax cases tried in U.S. history, returned to the Firm after serving two and a half years as Deputy Chief Counsel (including ten months as Acting Chief Counsel) of the Internal Revenue Service.

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