Steven M. Thompson, Partner

Email: smt@stbtrial.com
Phone: (312) 782-9320
Fax: (312) 782-3787

Office

161 North Clark Street
Suite 3575
Chicago, IL 60601

Steve’s practice is concentrated in property, boiler and machinery and general liability defense, as well as subrogation and coverage issues. He has also specialized in first party property and auto coverage with an emphasis on fraud investigation. From 1977 to 1981, Steve was employed by Kemper as a Boiler and Machinery claims examiner where he handled first party claims in a 12 state territory, as well as all litigation and subrogation within the territory. Steve then joined Protection Mutual Insurance Company in 1981 as a home office underwriter. In this position, he handled all home office referrals and coordinated major account property and boiler and machinery underwriting. In 1983, Steve became regional underwriting manager where he was responsible for a large portfolio of Fortune 1000 accounts.

During law school, Steve was employed by Coregis Group (formerly Crum and Foster Managers Group) as the Governmental Package Underwriting Manager where he was responsible for a nationwide book of municipal and school business.

In 1994, Steve became associated with the predecessor law firm of William J. Sneckenberg & Associates. He became a partner in 2000.

Admitted

Supreme Court of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Missouri

Law School

The John Marshall Law School, cum laude, J.D. (1993)

College

University of Missouri, Columbia, B.A. (1976)

Memberships

Illinois State Bar Association | www.isba.org
Chicago Bar Association | www.chicagobar.org
American Bar Association | www.americanbar.org
National Association of Subrogation Professionals | www.subrogation.org
The National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators | www.nspii.com
Martindale Hubbell | www.Martindale.com
Boiler and Machinery Association of Chicago

Leadership

Former President of the Boiler & Machinery Insurance Association of Chicago

Special Distinctions, Honors, Lectures and Publications

“AV Preeminent” Rated Martindale-Hubbell
2011 Advanced Insurance Fraud Seminar, Moderator, November, 2011.
National Business Institute “Stacking Coverages and Multiple Insureds”, June, 2011 and February, 2012.
“Large Loss Subrogation” Seminar, Nationwide Insurance, November, 2011.
National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators (NSPII), Lecturer.
National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP), Lecturer.
National Business Institute (NBI), Lecturer.