About
MJ Vuinovich
MJ’s legal acumen comes from supporting diverse clients in the private and public sectors. She enjoys working with private sector clients throughout the entire lifecycle of their business journey. She also has gained valuable public sector experience as the Associate General Counsel with Northern Arizona University and the Support Project for the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, among other entities.
MJ has lived, studied, and worked in the United States and abroad, including in Latin America, Africa, Australia, and Europe. MJ holds a Bachelorette of Arts in Journalism from the University of Montana (USA), a Master of International Studies (Advanced) from the University of Queensland (Australia), and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Arizona (USA). Her perspective is enhanced by her experiences as a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar at the Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a Rotary International Peace Fellow at the University of Queensland, Australia.
- Education
- Admissions
- Professional Memberships & Activities
- Languages
- Juris Doctorate University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
- M.A. International Relations University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Rotary International World Peace Fellow, Class IV
- Ambassadorial Fellowship Year Rotary International
- Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- B.A. Journalism University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA
- Exchange year to University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
- Arizona, admitted December 17, 2013 (active, member in good standing, Bar No. 030851)
- Colorado, admitted October 3, 2014 (currently inactive, Bar No. 47380)
- Montana, admitted August 1, 2014 (currently inactive, Bar No. 13908)
- U.S. District Courts of Arizona and Montana
- Ninth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals
- Federal Bar Association, member
- National Association of Hearing Officials, member
- Native American Bar Association of Arizona, member
- Coconino County Bar Association, member
- Arizona Technology Council
- English
- Spanish
Of Counsel
Lisa C. Thompson, Esq., LL.M.
Lisa C. Thompson is certified to practice law in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Washington, D.C. She graduated from the University of Arizona, College of Law with her Juris Doctor in 1995 and in 1997 with her LL.M. (Master of Laws) in international trade law. She was an adjunct professor for nine years with the International M.B.A. program at Universidad Internacional de las Americas in San Jose, Costa Rica and has also taught U.S. Constitutional law for the Universidad de Guadalajara in Guadalajara, Mexico. Lisa’s publications include: Arizona Legal Forms – Debtor-Creditor (Second Edition) and Arizona Legal Forms – Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships (Third Edition). She is also the author of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and Federal Bankruptcy Law chapters in the Business Law Deskbook series for California, Michigan, Minnesota and New Jersey and co-author of the Arizona Business Law Deskbook and the Nevada Business Law Deskbook. Lisa’s Arizona publications and federal chapters are updated annually. She has owned her own law firm since 1995 and focuses her practice on business law (set-up, maintenance, CTA compliance, dissolution, contract review etc.) and consumer bankruptcy reorganizations. She also speaks Spanish.
Thompson Law Group, P.C.
P.O. Box 40850
Tucson, Arizona 85717-0850
(520) 882-5633
thompsonlawgroup.com
lisa@thompsonlawgroup.com