Admissions

  • Ohio, 1971
  • U.S. District Courts:
      -Northern District of Ohio, 1972
      -Southern District of Ohio, 2003
      -Eastern District of Michigan, 2006
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, 1976
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1976

Education

The Ohio State University,  J.D., 1971

The Ohio State University, B.A., 1968

Profile

With 50 years of experience in business litigation, Reginald S. Jackson, Jr., of counsel, is a valuable addition to Eastman & Smith’s roster of attorneys.  

Mr. Jackson’s practice includes complex business litigation, federal white collar criminal defense and professional liability.  Additionally Mr. Jackson has arbitrated and mediated in excess of 130 matters involving breach of contract, business torts, lender liability, shareholder actions and UCC.  He is board certified as a civil trial advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, a distinction held by approximately 100 attorneys total in Ohio and Michigan, as well as certified by the American Arbitration Association to conduct arbitrations. 

Before entering private practice, Mr. Jackson was an assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Ohio in its Toledo office.  Prior to joining Eastman & Smith he was a founding member of Connelly, Jackson & Collier.

During his legal career, Mr. Jackson has spoken and written for the Ohio State and Toledo Bar Associations, the Toledo chapter of the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Ohio CLE Institute.  Topics include  attorney ethics and professionalism, tax fraud and discovery.  Additionally he taught trial practice at the University of Toledo College of Law as an adjunct professor (1976 - 1989).