Gordon R. Thompson

Gordon R. Thompson (March 2, 1918 – February 4, 1995) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada from 1961 to 1980.

Born in Reno, Nevada to Reuben C. Thompson and Mabel M. Thompson. Gordon Thompson was the younger brother of Bruce R. Thompson, who served as a federal judge from 1963 to 1978, The Thompson brothers had two sisters, Doris and Mary A. With his wife, Betty, Gordon had two daughters, Mada Susan and Robin Marie.

In 1961, Governor Grant Sawyer appointed Thompson to the Nevada Supreme Court, making him, at 42 years old, the youngest appointee to any state supreme court in the nation at that point.

During Thompson's tenure on the Court, it adopted the Nevada Rules on the Administrative Docket.

Thompson retired from the Nevada Supreme Court in 1980,

After leaving the court, Thompson taught law at the now-defunct Old College School of Law.