After graduating from the University of Houston Law Center, he passed the Texas bar exam and reported to active duty in January 1977, and attended the Naval Justice School.
[2] In 1982, while continuing in the Naval Reserve, Wright joined the United States Department of Labor (DOL) as an attorney, where he litigated to enforce the Veterans' Reemployment Rights Law (VRR).
[5] Wright played a prominent role in an effort to exempt the U.S. Navy Veterans Association (USNVA) from regulation in Virginia.
On February 23, 2009, the Virginia Division of Consumer Protection barred from soliciting for donations because it had failed to register as a charity and to make the necessary financial disclosures.
[8] In March 2010, the St. Petersburg Times published a series indicating that the USNVA was a one-man operation fraudulently soliciting money as a veterans' charity.
"[6] A month later in June, a Cuccinelli spokesman said $55,500 would be set aside in a restricted account pending the outcome of the investigation into Thompson and USNVA.
Jones investigated and responded in December 2009 that USNVA had not registered and that the Attorney General's Office had concurred in the regulator's determination.
After receiving the Thompson contributions, Cuccinelli and Wright met on February 15, 2010, to discuss the legislation which had passed the state senate.
[13] After learning about the March St. Petersburg Times reports, Ticer asked Governor Bob McDonnell (R), who received a $5,000 contribution from Thompson, to veto the bill she sponsored.
[17][18] In August 2010, Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray announced that a nationwide arrest warrant had issued for Bobby Thompson, who had stolen the identity and Social Security Number of a victim who was not connected to the USNVA.