Gary W. Jackson
Attorney
Location:
Charlotte, North Carolina
Phone:
(704) 246-3295
(866) 753-6982
(866) 753-6982
Fax:
(704) 377-6690
E-mail:
Gary has practiced law for over thirty years, the last fourteen of which have been devoted exclusively to representing plaintiffs. After clerking for a federal judge in California, he became a litigation associate with the world's largest law firm, Baker & Mackenzie. In 1986, Gary returned to North Carolina, where he was a partner with Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice. In 1995, he left "big firm" practice to begin representing individuals and small business owners, primarily against large corporate entities.
Gary holds leadership positions in several national and state legal organizations, such as the American Association for Justice, the Southern Trial Lawyers Association and the North Carolina Advocates for Justice. Gary frequently speaks throughout the country at educational programs for lawyers, and writes articles addressing current legal trends and developments. Recent recognition includes Gary's selection to Business North Carolina's "Legal Elite", "Outstanding Lawyers of America", Litigation Counsel of America and "North Carolina Superlawyers".
Hobbies: Cajun cooking, politics, Southern fiction
Areas of Practice
- Products Liability
- Class Actions
- Business Torts
- Construction Defects
- Serious Personal Injury
- Wrongful Death
- Professional Negligence
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina, 1987
- New York, 1985
- California, 1979
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
Education
- Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina
- J.D. - 1979
- Law Journal: Duke Law Journal, Staff and Editorial Board Member, 1977 - 1979
- Duke University
- A.B. (Magna Cum Laude) - 1976
- Major: History
Published Works
- "Do Business Courts Really Mean Business?" Trial, June , 2006
- "The Economic Loss Principle in Construction Defect Litigation," The Litigator, June , 2005
- "Home, Bitter Sweet Home", Trial, February , 2005
- "Mold Liablility - Mixed Signals", Realtor Magazine, December, 2004
- "Arbitration of Business Disputes: Friend or Foe?" Business North Carolina, June , 2004
- "Synthetic Stucco: Litigation Alert", Realtor Magazine, January, 2004
- "Business Plaintiffs: Not an Oxymoron", Business North Carolina, July , 2003
- "When Bad Houses Make Good Cases", Trial, November , 2002
- "Immediate Appeal of Class Certification Orders--Should North Carolina Follow the Federal Lead?", North Carolina State Bar Journal, Winter, 2001
- "Evaluating and Prosecuting the 'Bad House' Case", Mealey's Construction Defects Litigation Report, September, 2001
- "North Carolina's New International Arbitration Act", Campbell Law Observer, February , 1992
- Monthly Editorial Guest Columnist, The Charlotte Observer, 1998
- CLE Manuscripts
Representative Cases
Classes/Seminars
- Speaker, "Successful Prosecuting Construction Defect Cases in the Age of Tort Reform", AAJ Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, 2008
- Speaker, "Business Courts: A Slippery Slope", SCTLA Annual Convention, 2008
- Speaker, "Ethics, Incivility and the Double Standards Plaintiff Lawyers Face", Ohio Association for Justice Annual Convention, 2008
- Speaker, "Incivility: I know it When I See it - Double Standards that Plaintiff Lawyers Face", AAJ Convention, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2008
- Speaker, "A Steep Uphill Battle: Representing Homeowners, Consumers, and Policyholders in North Carolina", NCATL Annual Convention, 2007
- Speaker, "Litigation Incivility: I Think I Know It When I See It", Litigation Counsel of America Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 2007
- Panelist, "Litigating Complex Cases in the NC Business Court", NCBA Antitrust Annual Meeting, 2007
- Speaker, "Litigating Construction Defect Cases", PESI Absolute Business Torts, Litigation Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2007
- Speaker, "Prosecuting Class Actions in Arbitration", Litigation at Sunrise, ATLA Annual Convention, Seattle, WA, 2006
- Moderator, "North Carolina's Predatory Lending Laws: An Introduction", NCATL Annual Convention, 2006
- Speaker, "If You Build It They Will Come: Litigating Construction and Mold Cases", STLA Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2006
- Speaker, "Construction Defects in a Nutshell", Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Workhorse Seminar, Orlando, FL, 2006
- Speaker, "How to Spot the Sick Building Case: A Primer in Contamination and Defect", ATLA Mid-Year Convention, Orlando, FL, 2004
- Speaker, "Evaluating Toxic Mold Cases: A Primer", NCATL Mountain Magic, 2003
- Speaker, "Professionalism, Civility and the Practice of Law: Are They Related?", ATLA Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, 2003
- Speaker, "Bad Buildings and Mold -- Tying It All Together", ATLA's Litigating Toxic Mold Cases, Chicago, IL, 2003
- Speaker, "Construction Defects in 2002", Mealey's Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2002
- Program Planner, "Roundtable Discussion with Superior Court Judges", NCBA Annual Meeting, 2002
- Speaker, "Analyzing and Proving Construction Damages in North Carolina", Lorman Education Series, 2002
- Speaker, "The Nuts and Bolts of Products Liability Litigation", NCATL, 2002
- Speaker, "Toxic Mold: A Legal Primer", Community Associations Institute's National Conference, Dallas, TX, 2002
- Program Planner and Speaker, "Toxic Mold and Construction Defects", NCATL, 2002
- Speaker, "Alternative Dispute Resolution", NCATL, 2002
- Speaker, "When Bad Houses Make Good Cases" Litigation at Sunrise, ATLA Mid-year Convention, Miami, FL, 2002
- Speaker, "Synthetic Stucco Litigation", Litigation at Sunrise ATLA Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, 1999
- Speaker, "Advanced Synthetic Stucco: Trial and Beyond", NCBA, 1999
- Speaker, "Synthetic Stucco Litigation from the Plaintiff's Perspective", NCBA, 1998
- Speaker, "Synthetic Stucco Class Action: Opt in or Opt Out", NCATL, 1997
- Speaker, "The Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments", NCBA, 1993
Honors and Awards
- Senior Lecturing Fellow, Duke University School of Law, 2002
- Business North Carolina's "Legal Elite", 2003
- Business North Carolina's "Legal Elite", 2004
- Business North Carolina's "Legal Elite", 2005
- Business North Carolina's "Legal Elite", 2008
- Outstanding Lawyers of America
- North Carolina "Super Lawyers", 2006
- North Carolina "Super Lawyers", 2007
- North Carolina "Super Lawyers", 2008
- North Carolina "Super Lawyers", 2009
- Charter Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating
- Who's Who in American Law
Professional Associations and Memberships
- International Trade Commission, 1994
- American Association for Justice, Co-Chair, Construction Defects Litigation Group, 2001 - Present
- American Association for Justice, Member, Public Affairs Committee, 2004 - 2007
- American Association for Justice, Member, Publications Committee, 2006 - 2009
- American Association for Justice, Toxic, Environmental, and Pharmaceutical Torts Litigation Sections
- American Association for Justice, Products Liability Section
- North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Vice President - Education, 2007 - Present
- North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Board of Governors, 2006 - Present
- North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Chair, Consumer Areas of Practice Litigation Group, 2003 - 2006
- North Carolina Advocates for Justice, President's Club
- North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Professional Negligence, Nursing Home Litigation, and Products Liability Sections
- Southern Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Governors, 2006 - Present
- North Carolina Bar Association, Litigation Section, Chair, 2002 - 2003
- North Carolina Bar Association, International Section, Chair, 1994 - 1995
- North Carolina Bar Association, Member, Tort Reform Task Force, 2003 - Present
- North Carolina Bar Association, Tort Reform Task Force, Co-Chair, 2005 - 2007
- American Bar Association, Litigation Section
- American Bar Association, Torts and Insurance Practice Section
- Mecklenburg County Bar Association
- National Association of Consumer Advocates
- Master, William Bobbitt Inn of Court, Barrister, Program Chair, 2003 - 2005, 1996 - Present
- American Arbitration Association, Commercial Panel of Arbitrators, 1985 - Present
Past Employment Positions
- U.S. District Judge Robert P. Aguilar (N.D. Ca.), Law Clerk, 1980 - 1981
Pro Bono Activities
- Chair, YMCA Board of Directors (Winston-Salem), 1993 - 1995
- Chair, Forsyth County Democratic Party, 1991 - 1993
- Member, East Winston-Community Development Corporation, Board of Directors, 1993 - 1995
- Fellow, North Carolina Institute of Political Leadership, 1990
- Member, YMCA of Greater Charlotte Public Policy Committee, 1996 - 1998
