About Neil P
Neil P Thompson built a career that crosses two professions. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Minnesota — Twin Cities in 1977 and returned to school two decades later to earn a J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law in 1999. The combination of clinical training and legal education shapes how he approaches cases.
He began his professional life as a pharmacist and soon after took on a leadership role as president of Nile Pharmacy Inc in 1979. That business and clinical background preceded his pivot to law. After finishing law school in 1999 he opened a private practice, operating under the name Law Office of Neil P. Thompson. He is admitted to practice in Minnesota and has authority to appear before the Eighth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.
Thompson’s dual credentials inform his work. He holds a pharmacist certification from the State of Minnesota and maintains active membership in the Minnesota State Bar Association, joining the bar group in 1999. Those memberships reflect both strands of his career: health care and the law. Colleagues and clients see him as someone who understands the technical language of pharmacy as well as courtroom procedure.
His practice history spans business leadership in the pharmacy sector and subsequent legal practice. The arc is straightforward: clinical training, pharmacy management, legal training, and then solo legal practice. That sequence gives him an unusual perspective on regulatory, licensing and business matters that touch health care providers and small businesses.
Thompson runs a modest solo practice that emphasizes personalized legal work. He has pursued admissions that allow him to handle cases beyond the state level, and he carries over his pharmacy experience into matters that require familiarity with medical and regulatory terminology. He is known to approach each matter by parsing the technical details first, then applying the law.
He currently practices from the Law Office of Neil Thompson and often draws on his pharmacy background when handling legal matters.
