Natalie Thompson

Natalie D. Thompson serves as senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, where her practice in the regulatory litigation group focuses on federal administrative law. Thompson has successfully challenged numerous unlawful regulations under the Administrative Procedure Act on behalf of private clients and local government entities. She litigates cases protecting free speech, the sanctity of life, and religious liberty in federal district courts and on appeal.

Before joining ADF, Thompson served as an assistant solicitor general in the office of the Texas attorney general. In that role, she represented the state and its officials on appeal in significant litigation matters, including defending constitutional challenges to Texas laws. Thompson appeared in numerous matters before the U.S. Supreme Court and argued more than 20 appeals, including a dozen arguments in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit and eight in the Supreme Court of Texas.  

Before her government service, Thompson clerked for the Hon. Andrew S. Oldham of the 5th Circuit, the Hon. Nathan L. Hecht, then the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, and the Hon. Michael W. Mosman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. She was also an associate at an international law firm, where her practice focused on securities defense and complex commercial litigation.

Thompson graduated with honors from the University of Chicago Law School and received her BA magna cum laude from the University of Southern California. While a law student, she served on the executive board of the University of Chicago Law Review. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and two daughters.