Rachel L. D. Thompson

Rachel L. D. Thompson, an immigration and adoption attorney, is the owner and managing attorney at Poarch Thompson Law. She serves on the Federal Bar Association’s Governing Board as Programs Chair and is the Chair of their Law School Committee. She was the recipient of the FBA-ILS “Younger Lawyer of the Year Award” (2018) and the recipient of the “Alison Parker Young Woman of Achievement Award” (2016) given by DePaul Community Resources where she served as a board member for six years. She also served as a board member for Blue Ridge Legal Services. In 2020, she was listed in Roanoker Magazine’s Class of 2020 for “40 Under 40,” was named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine, and nominated by her peers as Legal Elite by Virginia Business. She is also an adjunct professor at Liberty University School of Law teaching Adoption Law. Rachel first moved to Southwest Virginia after she attended Liberty University School of Law (Lynchburg, Virginia), graduating in May 2012. The multiculturalism inherent in her native city (Philadelphia) and her family (South African mother and Jamaican father) instilled an early and profound love for diverse cultures and a hope in the possibilities of immigration. She is married to her law school sweetheart and has four children and two dogs.