Merrill F. Jackson

For more than 22 years, Merrill Jackson's work has focused on a broad variety of substantive areas, including complex litigation, product liability, intellectual property and real estate.

General and Foreclosure Litigation

• Review documents for production and privilege
• Draft privilege logs
• Summarize document productions and other records, including medical records
• Prepare subpoenas and efilings
• Use Summation and extranet services for document productions
• Draft summary judgments motions, judgments of foreclosure and sale by default documentation
• Prepare foreclosure related filings and exhibits
• Order public records and review same
• Perform record searches and updates
• Record documents

Title Claims

• Draft claims letters to title insurance companies
• Review title insurance files and other documentation
• Analyze and summarize files
• Review documents for production and privilege
• Prepare and record documents

Intellectual Property

• e-filed in state and federal courts and with the USPTO
• Assisted in all phases of patent and trademark Litigation
• Participated in all phases of discovery and trial at federal and state levels
• Prosecuted U.S. and foreign trademark applications and foreign patent applications

Professional Associations

• Illinois Paralegal Association, Member

Education

• Domestic Trademark Practice Certificate, The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois
• ABA Accredited Paralegal Program, Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois
• B.S. in Merchandising, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois

Practices

• Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy
• Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Industries

• Financial Services