
Keith Thompson
Education:
Harold Road Secondary
Date: 1966-1969
Aquinas College
Date: 1970 – 1972
St. Gregory’s University (Shawnee Oklahoma-AA Degree)
Date: 1972 – 1974
Aquinas College – Grand Rapids, Michigan (B.A. Theatre/Communication Arts, Minor-Spanish) Teacher Certification
Date: 1974 – 1976
Graduate School:
Duqesne University, Pittsburgh, P.A.
(M. Sc. in Education Supervision and Administration
Date: 1985 – 1989 (Summer Sessions)
Middlesex University, London
LLB (HONS.) Degree 1990 – 1993
Norman Manley Law School
Certificate of Legal Education 1994 – 1996
Called to the Bahamas Bar October 25th, 1996
Employment History:
1976-1983
Teacher at Aquinas College High School (English Language, English Literature, Spanish and Band Director)
1983 – 1990
Dean of Students at Aquinas College High School
1991 – 1996
Higgs & Johnson (Worked directly with Reginald Lobosky)
Worked in the areas of Employment Law extensively, Commercial Transactions and Litigation in the Supreme Court
1997 – 1998
Lobosky & Lobosky Law Firm, Worked in the areas of Employment Law extensively, Commercial Transactions, Trusts, Union negotiations and Litigation in the Supreme Court.
1998 – 2009
General Legal Counsel to Sunshine Holdings Ltd., & The Sunshine Group of Companies Worked extensively in the areas of Conveyancing, Mortgages, Probate Matters, Litigation and various commercial Transactions
2009 – Present:
Lecturer at the University of the Bahamas in;
Business Law 255 (BUSL 255)
Business Law 355 (BUSL 355)
and Employment Law (BUSL 340)
2013 – Present:
Lecturer at the University of the West Indies Open Campus
Bahamas in Law for H.R. Managers.
Activities and Achievements:
Secondary School:
A member of Track and Field Team, Soccer and Basketball Teams;
A member of the Speech, Drama, Camera Club, the Choir and School Band for four (4) years. I was an executive member of the Student Council for three (3) years. I received B.J.C. passes of various grades in English Language, Literature, Math, Art, Spanish, History, Religious Knowledge and Biology.
College/University:
A member of the Spanish Club, Foreign Student Association, Vice President of the Minority Club, University Players (Drama Group), A member of the School Choir, Band, Basketball and Soccer Teams, Young Christian Students, Mass Planning Committee for Music and Mass Musician.
Organizations:
Past Member of Kiwanis Cable Beach, Member of the Duquesne University Students of Supervision, and Administration (DUSSA) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A member of the Saint Gregory’s Alumni Association of Shawnee, Oklahoma, Executive Member of the Soulful Groovers Band, (1973 – 1997), A member of the Royal Bahamas Police Reserves (May 1988 – 2009), attached to the Criminal Investigation Department and a Member of the Middlesex Polytechnic Law Society.
Judge of the Industrial Tribunal (December, 2009 – August, 2018)
Justice of Supreme Court (August 13th, 2018-present)