MARITAL STATUS:

Married, three children

BORN:   

June 30, 1947, Ft. Worth, Texas

EDUCATION:  

Vanderbilt University, 1964-1969, B.A. Business Administration
Columbia University, Graduate School of Business, New York, New York, 1969-1970
The University of Georgia, School of Law, J.D., 1973

EMPLOYMENT:

1969-1970, New York Daily News, Management Associate - New York, New York

1973-1975,  Harris, Chance & McCracken, Associate Lawyer
Cases included: Represented Richmond County in Richmond County v. Columbia Nitrogen, a multimillion dollar tax assessment case. Various business and individual representations.

1975-1982, Harris, Chance, McCracken, Pickett & Jackson, Represented WJBF television employees in Schnoenbach v. Fuqua, a multimillion dollar securities class action. Various trail and appellate arguments in Georgia courts. General Representation of Sheriff and Police. Business and individual representations.

1982-1983,  Smith and Jackson Law Offices; Partner R. Jackson Smith; former Republican U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Georgia

1983-present, Jackson Law Offices, P.C.

APPOINTMENTS:

1982, City of Augusta, Georgia - City Attorney

1998-1999, Delegate to the State Bar of South Carolina.

1985-2000, Medical College of Georgia, Adjunct Professor.

1988-94, Director, Aiken County National Bank.

2000-2001, President, Aiken County Bar Association.

2006, Charleston School of  Law, Adjunct Professor Securities Regulations and Consumer Protection. 

2007, Visiting Professor Center for International Legal Studies.

RATINGS:

Rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell.

Private Pilot, Instrument

PUBLICATIONS:

How To Proceed In Business - Legally, distributed by the Small Business Development Centers, Universities of South Carolina, Florida, Georgia and Washington; and published nationally by Prentice Hall.

The Reincorporation Problem - Form a Limited Partnership and Carry On Business As Usual, Georgia State Bar Journal 1974. 

SEMINARS:  

Instructed numerous seminars through Small Business Development Centers.

APPEARANCES:  

Appeared on numerous talk shows pertaining to How To Proceed In Business -- Legally

LICENSURES:  

State Bar of Georgia, 1973

State Bar of South Carolina, 1995

Private Pilot, 1968-Present

DESIGNATIONS:

1988-present, Mediator.

CIVIC:   

Cir. 1979 First President CSRA Pilot's Association

Cir. 1975-1985 Board of Directors of the Cerebral Palsy Day Care Center

Cir. 1989  Aiken Downtown development study committee

2000-2004 Rotary Club of Aiken, South Carolina

CHURCH:

Member First Presbyterian Church, Aiken, South Carolina 

Cir. 1993 Chairman Endowment Committee First Presbyterian Church, Aiken, South

2000-2001 Sunday school teacher