Donald D. "Don" Jackson
Recognized since 2012
Houston, Texas
Commercial Litigation
Oil and Gas Law
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Don Jackson has 25 years of wide-ranging litigation experience with emphasis on energy industry and intellectual property matters. His energy litigation experience includes disputes over royalties, trespass, prudent operations, lease terminations, joint operating agreements, products liability, and removal of the operator. Don's intellectual property litigation experience includes trade secrets, patents, copyrights, and trademarks. He also has extensive experience representing industry-leading companies in lawsuits involving business torts, eminent domain, and defamation.
Don is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White, Inc., for his work in Product Liability Litigation, 2012-2019. He was selected for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, in Energy & Natural Resources, Business Litigation, and Intellectual Property Litigation, 2013-2019. Don was also recognized in Houston Business Journal's list of Who's Who in Energy, American City Business Journals, 2013. He has a peer rating of AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 by Martindale Hubbell.
Before law school, Don was an Exxon engineer and developed oil and gas fields in Texas and Alaska. He received a Texas professional engineer's license, has degrees in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and is a registered patent attorney.
- 609 Main Street, Suite 2800
Houston, TX 77002
- German
- University of Houston, M.S.Ch.E., Chemical Engineer, graduated 1984
- Southern Methodist University, B.S., graduated 1981
- The University of Texas, J.D., graduated 1993
- Texas, State Bar of Texas
- Houston Bar Foundation - Fellow
- Houston Intellectual Property Law Association - Member
- HBA Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Section - Past Chair
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
21 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
5 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Commercial Litigation
- Oil and Gas Law
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White, Inc., for his work in Product Liability Litigation, 2012-2019
- Selected for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, in Energy & Natural Resources, Business Litigation, and Intellectual Property Litigation, 2013-2019
- Recognized in Houston Business Journal's list of Who's Who in Energy, American City Business Journals, 2013
- Peer rating of AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 by Martindale Hubbell
- Energy Law
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Patent
- Product Liability Litigation
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