Ms. Petra Thompson graduated from the University of Pavol Jozef Safarik School of Law in Kosice, Slovakia in 2005, in the top ten percent of her class. In the same year she obtained a Master Degree in Criminal Law and Criminology from the University of Pavol Jozef Safarik.

Prior to law school, Ms. Thompson worked with underprivileged minorities and helped them to develop basic learning skills. In addition, she volunteered with the elderly in her hometown of Snina, Slovakia. Ms. Thompson is fluent in four languages: English, Spanish, Slovak and Czech. During high school and law school, she used her multilingual skills to tutor fellow students.

As a law student, Ms. Thompson participated in an international project ‘Bridges,’ focusing on human rights, social rights and rights of the minorities, and other problems emerging in young democratic countries. She attended international seminars in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Budapest, Hungary, where she represented her country in debates regarding youth participation on regional and state levels. In the last year of law school, Ms. Thompson assisted her former high school, Gymnazium Snina, with the settlement of a legal dispute.

At Gilfix & La Poll Associates, Ms. Thompson takes pleasure in helping clients with their estate planning and trust administration needs. She particularly enjoys working with limited partnerships and charitable foundations.