Lee W. Jackson, Esq., is a Partner, formerly Counsel, at James & Hoffman, P.C. Before joining that firm, Mr. Jackson was a Principal and then Counsel at O’Donnell, Schwartz & Anderson, P.C., where he represented international and local unions and their members before local, state, and federal Courts and agencies. Prior to that, he was a Field Attorney for the National Labor Relations Board in New Orleans, and, in 1978, became an attorney in the Office of General Counsel, Division of Enforcement Litigation, Appellate Court Branch, and Contempt Litigation Section at the NLRB in Washington, D.C., where he represented the NLRB in actions to enforce Board Orders in Federal Circuit Courts, and in contempt litigation before Special Masters appointed by the federal courts.
From 1982 until 1991, Mr. Jackson was an associate and then a partner in Kirschner, Walters & Willig in Philadelphia. He represented many of that firm’s over 100 Local Union clients, including teachers, blue and white-collar employees, firefighters, and newspaper reporters. In 1991, Mr. Jackson was a partner in Ronald A. White, P.C., where he also represented labor unions. Since 1998, Mr. Jackson has served as a member of the Board of the African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation, which maintains the monument honoring the 209,145 black Union soldiers who served during the Civil War.
Mr. Jackson received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History, with honors, from Jackson State College, and received his Juris Doctor, with honors, from The George Washington University Law School.