who is attorney don jackson

by Bettye Schmeler 6 min read

Don began his career as a Briefing Attorney for the Supreme Court of Texas. Named a Texas Super Lawyer, a Top 100 Lawyer in Houston, and a Best Lawyer in America, Don is board certified in personal injury trial law and civil trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Who is Don Hill's lawyer Jackson Jackson?

Jackson claims to have represented some high-profile clients, including former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill in what the Observer described “as the largest federal corruption case in the history of Dallas.” Convicted in 2009 for bribery and extortion, Hill received an 18-year prison sentence and died of prostate cancer in 2017.

Why did Texas Attorney General Mark Jackson get suspended?

Since 2009, the State Bar of Texas has disciplined Jackson with a couple of public reprimands and several probated suspensions for failing to pay clients or give them an accurate accounting of funds they had and for failing to notify a federal judge about his suspension and practicing law nonetheless, according to court documents.

Did Michael Jackson throw his wife under the bus?

“And then after the interviews, he threw us under the bus.” By that time in 2012, Jackson had already made a couple of “best of” attorney lists and divorced his wife Brenda Teele, a former WFA A news reporter. He declined several requests for an interview, and Teele never responded to inquiries.

Where was Janet Jackson's office located in Dallas?

She recalls Jackson taking her into his conference room at his office, which was then located on Turtle Creek Boulevard and Haskell Avenue in Dallas, and coaching her on what to say to reporters. She says he told her to tell reporters that she had, in fact, given her real name to immigration officials.

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What did Lorene think of Jackson?

Lorene wasn't sure what to think about him. She says that after he took over, Jackson sidelined her. One of her cosmetology friends saw that Jackson was representing Lorene's daughter on the news, called and told her, “'You know he is crooked,'” Lorene recalls her saying. “But when I read up on him, he is supposed to be one of the best attorneys in Dallas. … I just thought it was people saying that. People are always talking about people.”

Who bought the book Jakadrien?

Jakadrien's mother bought the novel, but she couldn't bring herself to read it.

Is Ray Jackson a lawyer?

In a late April dispatch by Dallasjustice.com, defense attorney Michael Lowe points out that the fact that Jackson is a lawyer and appeared on the DEA's radar during an ongoing investigation doesn't bode well, especially given how detail-oriented federal prosecutors are before they take a case to trial. “However, barring some kind of miraculous entrapment defense — and assuming the facts in the affidavit are true, I can't imagine how it's possible Ray Jackson could go to trial and get a not guilty verdict from a jury,” Lowe says. “Look for a plea deal.”

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