DONALD R. JACKSON

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

 

 

Admitted to Illinois Bar Association in on April 26, 1974

January 15, 1974                      Juris Doctor Degree

 

September 1971-                     University Of  Illinois College of Law

December 1973                       Champaign, Illinois

 

1962 – 1970                             Bradley University (part-time)

                                                Bachelor of Science Degree

 

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

 

 

Jan 2004 – Present                   Partner

                                                 JACKSON THOMAS LLP

                                                     Peoria, IL

1989 – 2003:                            Sole Practitioner:

                                                 DONALD R. JACKSON

                                                 Attorney at Law

                                                 Peoria, Illinois

 

1985 – 1989                             Partner:

                                                 JACKSON MITCHELL &  

                                                     COLLIER                      

                                                 Attorneys at Law

                                                 Peoria, Illinois

 

1982 – 1985                             Sole Practitioner

 

1981 – 1982                             Associate/Attorney at Law

                                                 Raymond C. Rose, Ltd.

                                                 Peoria, Illinois

 

1975 – 1981                              Associate/ Attorney at Law

                                                  Joe McDade, P.C.

                                                  Peoria, Illinois

 

 

1974 – 1975                               Field Attorney

                                                  National Labor Relations Board

                                                  Peoria, Illinois

 

Throughout the years I have held temporary teaching positions at Bradley University and Illinois Central College, teaching a variety of Law related courses.

 

 

MAJOR EMPHASIS IN LAW PRACTICE

 

 

 

Labor Law and related matters, (including, but not limited to, contract negotiations, employment law and arbitration); Fair Employment Practice claims and Federal Equal Employment claims. Practice also includes civil, criminal and family law litigation.  I am currently serving as the hearing officer for the City of Urbana, Illinois, Human Relations Commission.

 

MILITARY BACKGROUND

 

 

 

United States Navy

1956 – 1960

Sonarman Second Class

Honorable Discharge

 

COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Present or Past Member of the following:

President of the Illinois State Conference of Branches NAACP

President of the Peoria Branch NAACP
City of Peoria Housing Property Maintenance Commission
Board of Directors for Renaissance Stand
Leadership Challenge 2000 Committee
Peoria County Bar Association
Boy Scouts of America
Board of Directors for Peoria Citizen Committee for Economic                             Opportunity
African American Leadership Alliance
Peoria Housing Authority
Board of Directors for PARC
Board of Directors for Heart of Illinois United Way
Board of Directors for Planned Parenthood
Board of Directors for Bradley University Alumni Association

Strategic Planning Committee for Peoria School District 150

Board of Directors for Bradley University Chief’s Club

Habitat for Humanity – PCBA

American Inns of Court

ARDC Hearing Officer

City of Urbana Hearings Officer

Peoria Sanitary District Board of Commissioners

Illinois State Bar Labor and Employment Law Section Council

 

 

 

 

 

AWARDS

 

 

 

 

Most Admired Peorian of 1982 by Community groups

Easter Seals Outstanding Citizen Award

Illinois Municipal Human Relations Association:

Owen L. Thomas Humanitarian Award

Civil Rights activist of 1999

Martin Luther King Drum Major Award 1998

 

 

 

association memberships

 

 

National Bar Association

American Bar Association

 

Illinois BarAssociation

Peoria County Bar Association

Federal Bar Association (Central District)