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Susan A. Jackson 
Boston, Massachusetts
Partner, since January 1, 2006

phone (617) 951-1400
fax (617) 951-0586
(617) 951-1354
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Susan A. Jackson is a partner with the litigation department at Keegan Werlin representing clients before trial courts, appellate courts and various administrative agencies.  She has extensive experience in product liability defense, construction litigation, shareholder disputes and employment matters, including the enforcement and defense of non-competition agreements. Ms. Jackson is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Massachusetts lecturing graduates and undergraduates in various business courses including business law, public policy, and strategic management. 

Before joining the firm in 2006, Ms. Jackson had a private practice representing individuals, corporations and insurance companies in a broad spectrum of commercial disputes which were successfully resolved through alternative dispute resolution or trial.  She has defended cases involving catastrophic personal injury as well as property damage arising from product failure.  Prior to private practice, Ms. Jackson was an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Boston representing the city in court proceedings arising out of medical malpractice, civil rights violations and other municipal issues.  She also served as a law clerk to the Justices of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Ms. Jackson obtained her law degree from Boston University Law School.  She is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the United States Supreme Court. Ms. Jackson has argued appellate matters before the Appeals Court, the Supreme Judicial Court and the First Circuit Court of Appeals.   She is a member of the American, Massachusetts, Boston and Women's Bar Associations, Defense Research Institute, and Massachusetts Academy of Trial Lawyers.   She is rated AV by Martindale Hubbell.

Areas of Practice:
Insurance Defense
Employment
Commercial Law
Construction Litigation
Products Liability
Litigation Percentage:
98% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Massachusetts, 1982
U.S. District Court, 1982
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1983
U.S. Supreme Court, 2005
Education:
Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1982
J.D.


University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, 1979
B.A. Management


Representative Clients:
Product Manufacturers
Real Estate Professionals
Corporations
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Strategic Management, University of Massachusetts, 2002 - 2006


Public Policy, University of Massachusetts, 1990 - 2006


Business Law, University of Massachusetts, 1988 - Present


Expert Discovery, MCLE, 2003


Health Care Policy, University of Massachusetts, 2004


Organizational Change, University of Massachusetts, 2006


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Massachusetts Bar Association
Member


Women's Bar Association
Member


Massachusetts Academy of Trial Lawyers
Member


Defense Research Institute
Member


American Trial Lawyers Association
Member


Boston Bar Association
Member


Boston Athenaeum
Member


Past Employment Positions:
Law Office of Susan A. Jackson, Owner, 1993 - 2006


Pichette Reilly & Jackson, Partner, 1989 - 1993


Haussermann, Davison & Shattuck, Associate, 1984 - 1989


City of Boston Law Department, Assistant Corporate Counsel, 1983 - 1984


Superior Court, Law Clerk, 1982 - 1983


Birth Information:
Winthrop, Massachusetts
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