Kenneth P. Thompson

Kenneth P. Thompson, (born 1966) is an American attorney and the Democratic candidate for Brooklyn district attorney in the 2013 New York City election cycle. Thompson, a lifelong Brooklyn resident, attended John Jay College and New York University School of Law. A former U.S. Attorney, he was the attorney for Dominique Strauss-Kahn accuser Nafissatou Diallo. He defeated incumbent Charles J. Hynes in the Democratic primary, where he ran as a critic of the NYPD, as well as the incumbent district attorney Hynes.