| SUSAN A. JACKSON, Partner - Boston, Massachusetts |
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(617) 951-1400
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(617) 951-0586 l
(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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