Kelly Thompson Jr. Columnist: True Stories From The Courtroom ktktkt@webtv.net http://BowlingGreen.KY.net/ktlaw     Kelly Thompson, Jr. was born in Bowling Green.  He graduated highschool as well as Western Kentucky University in just three years each, going on to graduate the University of Kentucky in 1972.  Since that time he has represented clients in hundreds of trials in various positions within Kentucky's legal system.  In the course of his career he has appeared on several national programs discussing his cases including Larry King Live and 20/20.
   In the mid 70's Kelly began a solo practice in Bowling Green and was soon after appointed by the Warren Fiscal Court as Public Advocate of the Eighth Judical District.  He has secured the second largest and fourth largest civil judgements in the history of Warren County and is an active collection lawyer.
   Kelly has been an officer of the Bowling Green Warren County Bar Association and believes in civility and dispute resolution quickly, fairly and with the least expense to clients.  He contracts out cases to several other lawyers in order to better serve more clients while remaining solo in his practice.
   After serving as the Editor of the BAR TABloid which is distributed to those in legal professions, Kelly began sharing some of the contributors funny courtroom stories with Amplifier Readers in the form of True Stories From The Courtroom.  A music and Arts lover, Kelly has also contributed band reviews to The Amplifier, and has served as it's legal counsel since it's first edition in 1995.