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Honors + Affiliations

The American Lawyer Magazine's Litigation Department of the Year - Labor and Employment Law Finalist 2004, Winner 2006, and Finalist 2008

Listed in the highest tier for National Labor and Employment Practice in Chambers USA 2007

Listed in the highest tier for National ERISA Litigation Practice in Chambers USA 2007

Ranked #1 for "Most Prestigious" Labor and Employment Practice, Vault 2008 Associate Survey

Member of the American Bar Association; Chicago Bar Association; ABA Committee on Labor and Employment Law, Employee Benefits Section; and Seventh Circuit Bar Association

Human Resource Executive’s The Best Defense 2008, ranked in national Top 50

Listed, The Best Lawyers in America (2006–2008)

Listed, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2005–2008)

Listed, Guide to the World's Leading Labour & Employment Lawyers 2007 (Expert Guides)

Noted in The Legal 500 for Employment and Labor (2007)

Noted in The Legal 500 for Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation—ERISA Litigation (2007)

Noted in The Legal 500 for Labor and Employment—ERISA Litigation (2008)

Listed as Recommended, Labor and Employee Benefits, PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2008

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • Illinois Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C., 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th Circuits
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Charles C. Jackson
Partner


Email: charles.jackson@morganlewis.com
Chicago
77 West Wacker Dr.
Chicago, IL 60601-5094
Phone: 312.324.1156
Fax: 312.324.1001

Charles C. Jackson is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Labor and Employment Practice. Mr. Jackson is Co-chair of the LEPG's Employee Benefits Litigation Subpractice Group.

Mr. Jackson has more than 30 years of experience representing employers with respect to a broad range of labor and employment and employee benefits matters. His practice focuses on representing employers in complex labor, employment and employee benefits litigation, particularly in class and collective actions. He has extensive trial experience, having tried numerous jury and other cases to verdict. He also has substantial experience with appellate matters and has handled dozens of cases before federal and state appellate courts and served as counsel in several cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He also has led amicus efforts in an array of jurisdictions, and has had significant pro bono representations.

Mr. Jackson is a fellow of The College of Labor & Employment Lawyers. From 2005 through 2008, Mr. Jackson was named one of the leading U.S. lawyers for employment law by Chambers USA, based on the views of clients, peers, and other industry professionals. Chambers called Mr. Jackson "a real star of the profession" and "an aggressive, high-energy litigator and effective pursuer of settlements."

Mr. Jackson is admitted to practice in Illinois and before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Illinois Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits.

Education

  • Northwestern University School of Law, 1977, J.D., Cum Laude
  • Bethel College, 1974, B.A., With Highest Honors