Lendsey CS Thomson, 28
Attorney, Hornbeek Vitali & Braun, Oklahoma City
Thomson says he was shocked when he was told he’d been chosen for Oklahoma Magazine’s 40 Under 40, but then he figured his time fostering homeless dogs for the Bella Foundation helped. The Oklahoma City attorney’s resume looks pretty good, too. Starting at a community college in rural Kansas, Thomson later attended the University of Missouri-Columbia and Bradley University in Illinois before finishing his law degree at Oklahoma City University. “I want to continue to evolve and try to become the absolute best attorney that I can be,” he says. “That is why I love the legal field, because it’s so fluid, and there is always room for improvement.”