Holding the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation earned by only 4% of insurance professionals and recognized as a “35 Under 35 Rising Insurance Star Executive,” attorney Connor J. Thomson is a valuable asset to the many homeowners associations (HOAs), condominium associations, cooperatives and insurance companies that turn to Gawthrop Greenwood.

A lifelong resident of community associations, Connor prides himself on providing insurance-savvy general counsel services to community associations, as well as timely and thought-provoking advice to adjusters while defending board members against directors’ & officers’ liability claims.

Connor joined Gawthrop Greenwood in Fall 2025 after earning his JD from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and MBA in Spring 2025. Previously, he studied Risk Management and Insurance at Saint Joseph’s University, where he was a Deans’ Scholar, was inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society, and graduated summa cum laude with University Honors. During law school, Connor clerked at Gawthrop Greenwood, as well as at a boutique insurance defense law firm, and externed for FEMA’s Office of Chief Counsel, where he oversaw the defense of NFIP claims in federal courts during Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

A winner of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s 2025 Irvin Stander Award for outstanding scholarship, Connor has published the following articles:

• “Hostile Environments in Today’s Community Associations,” April 2025, Ask the Experts, Community Associations Institute (CAI)
• “Everything Community Associations in Pennsylvania Should Know About 2022 Act 122’s Annual Reporting,” February 2025, Legal Insights, Gawthrop Greenwood
• “Putting the U.S. Postal Service Under the Microscope: A Thorough Workers’ Compensation Claims Analysis,” February 2024, WorkersCompensation.com

A resident of Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, Connor enjoys spending time with his family, his fiancée Erica and his mini-labradoodle Polly. Connor also enjoys sampling local craft beer and watching the Phillies and Eagles.