Jackson A. Myers

Jackson Myers has broad experience representing clients in high-stakes cases. He has played a significant role in complex business disputes and administrative law matters. He has appeared before federal and state trial and appellate courts, as well as federal agencies. 

Prior to joining MoloLamken, Mr. Myers clerked for Judge Dennis Jacobs of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for Judge John D. Bates of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He previously worked as a litigation associate at Morrison Foerster LLP. 

Representative Matters

• Defended a foreign bank in a suit seeking over a billion dollars in damages in the Southern District of New York, ultimately winning dismissal of the suit on forum non conveniens grounds
• Represented a national grocery store chain facing a state-law wage-and-hour suit in the California Court of Appeals, winning a ruling limiting the jury rights of plaintiffs suing under California’s Private Attorney General Act
• Represented a multi-billion-dollar technology IP company before the FTC in merger review proceedings
• Advised a major domestic corporation regarding a contemplated merger
• Represented the victim of an unconstitutional strip search in a petition for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court
• Engaged in multiple pro bono representations before agency adjudicators, including representing an applicant for Social Security disability benefits and an applicant for political asylum in the United States
• Represented major domestic bank in ERISA litigation in the United States Supreme Court
• Represented local property owners in CERCLA suit in the United States Supreme Court
• Represented group of organizations bringing administrative challenge in the D.D.C. to action by the Department of the Interior opening land adjacent to federally protected wilderness area to mining
• Successfully overturned a New York state court order requiring former Hasidic Jew to engage in certain Hasidic practices when he had custody of his children as a violation of the First Amendment

Publications

• There and Back Again: The D.C. Circuit Again Considers NYISO’s Approach to Zero-Emission Mandate, RTO Insider (Mar. 28, 2024) (with Jennifer Fischell)
• Steady, but Slow: Understanding and Navigating Delay in Federal Court, ABA Appellate Practice Newsletter (Mar. 14, 2024) (with Jennifer Fischell)
• The Founders’ Multi-Purpose Chief Justice: The English Origins of the American Chief Justiceship, 124 W. Va. L. Rev. 203 (2021) (with Justin W. Aimonetti)  
• Transatlantic Perspectives on the Political Question Doctrine, 106 Va. L. Rev. 1007 (2020)