Jack Thompson (activist)
He is also known for his unusual filings to The Florida Bar, including challenging the constitutionality of The Florida Bar itself in 1993. Later the Florida Supreme Court described his filings as "repetitive, frivolous and insulting to the integrity of the court". On March 20, 2008, the Florida Supreme Court imposed sanctions on Thompson, requiring that any of his future filings in the court be signed by a member of The Florida Bar other than himself. In July 2008, Thompson was permanently disbarred by the Supreme Court of Florida for inappropriate conduct, including making false statements to tribunals and disparaging and humiliating litigants.
Lucas P. Thompson
After finishing his education, and perhaps reading law with his elder brother James Powell Thompson (1792-1882, who moved to Tennessee), Thompson moved to Amherst County, Virginia and practiced law, as well as served several terms in the Virginia House of Delegates, two alongside William M. Waller and later with Samuel M. Garland. Voters of Albemarle, Amherst, Nelson, Fluvanna and Goochland counties elected Thompson as one of their four delegates to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830, alongside James Pleasants, William F. Gordon and Thomas Massie Jr.
Following that Constitution's ratification, the Virginia General Assembly elected Thompson as a county judge in Staunton, Virginia and he succeeded Archibald Stuart in 1831. He served on that court for many years, and was re-elected to that post by the legislature. After the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850, the county court was reconstituted as the 11th circuit court, and Thompson also elected to that position (and re-elected many times). Before the conflict, Judge Thompson operated a private law school (1839-1849), mostly at the mansion, "Hilltop", he built in Staunton in 1842.
He remained in office during the American Civil War, although he despised Abraham Lincoln. His son John Baker Thompson (1834-1862) died at the Battle of Shiloh. His nephew John Lucas Thompson (1833-1866) captained Company C of the 16th Tennessee Infantry and barely survived the war.