Name: Angela Jackson
Item: Angela Jackson
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Bio

Angela Jackson is a shareholder and chair of the firm’s Employment Group. She currently serves on The Institute of Continuing Legal Education Labor & Employment Law Advisory Board.

Ms. Jackson’s practice encompasses all facets of business litigation, including employment law and litigation matters such as trade secrets and non-competes, shareholder disputes, discrimination claims, whistleblower cases, and fiduciary duty claims. She provides regular and ongoing advice to clients with respect to business and employment issues. Ms. Jackson's practice also routinely includes litigation of construction and contractual disputes. She has been appointed to act as a receiver in the Washtenaw County Circuit Court over a multi-million dollar commercial real estate matter.

Ms. Jackson is routinely recognized for her achievements, and has been honored by America’s Top 100 Attorneys with a Lifetime Achievement recognition; a “Top Attorney in Michigan” by Crain’s Detroit Business, a Leading Lawyer in the areas of Commercial Litigation and Employment Law: Management. She has been included as a ”Top Rated Lawyer” in the area of Labor & Employment Law by American Lawyer. She has been included in Best Lawyers in America in the area of Business Litigation, is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and has been rated by Michigan Super Lawyers for the last twelve consecutive years.

Some of Ms. Jackson's experience includes:

Jury verdict over $12,300,000.00 in a case alleging fraud and civil RICO with a total judgment amount of $15,088,281.00 including treble damages and attorney fees (2018)
Summary Dismissal of Family Medical Leave Act suit in the federal district court for the Eastern District of Michigan (2018)
Summary Judgment in a trade secrets case alleging $65,000,000.00 in damages where defendants prevailed on a six figure counterclaim and were awarded attorney fees. (2017)
Summary Dismissal of a breach of contract action in the federal district court for the Eastern District of Michigan (2017)
Summary Dismissal of ADA suit in the federal district court for the Eastern District of Michigan (2015)
Reversal by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit of the dismissal of a RICO action (2014)
Summary judgment on behalf of the employer in a pregnancy discrimination and FMLA interference case in the United States District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan (2012) affirmed by the Sixth Circuit on appeal (2013)
Injunction on behalf of employer for violation of a covenant not to compete (2012)
Summary disposition on behalf of the employer in a multi-plaintiff whistleblower lawsuit in the Washtenaw County Circuit Court, affirmed by the Michigan Court of Appeals (2011)
Injunction defeated on behalf of the corporation in minority shareholder oppression action (2011)
Settlement of $2,200,000 after three days of trial in a commercial lease dispute (2011)
Jury verdict in the amount of $11,900,000.00 for a client in a legal malpractice action (2005)
Jury verdict in the amount of $700,000 for a client in an admiralty action in the federal district court for the Southern District of New York (2000)

She graduated from the University of Michigan law school in 1995 and the University of Michigan in 1990.

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