Nola D. Jackson
Cruser & Mitchell, LLP
Meridian II, Suite 2000
275 Scientific Drive
Norcross, GA 30092
| Phone: | (404) 881-2624 |
| Fax: | (404) 881-2630 |
| E-mail: | njackson@cmlawfirm.com |
- Areas Of Practice:
- Insurance Coverage Litigation
- Professional Liability
- Automobile Liability
- Trucking Liability
- Bad Faith Litigation
- Construction Law
- Premises Liability
- Products Liability
- Litigation Percentage:
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- Bar Admissions:
- Georgia, 1999
- Supreme Court of Georgia, 1999
- Georgia Court of Appeals, 2002
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia, 2002
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 2002
- United States Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit, 2003
- Education:
- Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, GA, J.D.
- Honors: Member, Moot Court
- DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, B.A. English Literature and Biology
Nola D. Jackson is a partner at Cruser & Mitchell, LLP. She received her undergraduate degree at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana and her Juris Doctorate at Georgia State University where she was a member of moot court. Nola has extensive experience working within Georgia's courts. While a student at Georgia State University, Nola clerked for Senior Judge Joel J. Fryer, Georgia Supreme Court Justice Carol W. Hunstein and Georgia Supreme Court Justice Hugh P. Thompson. After graduation Nola served as the Staff Attorney to the Senior Judge Division of the Fulton County Superior Court where she served such distinguished judges as Joel J. Fryer, Don A. Langham, John S. Langford, George B. Culpepper, III, Rufe E. McCombs, and L.A. McConnell, Jr. As staff attorney for the Senior Judge Division, Nola worked with senior judges and visiting judges throughout the state on litigation covering criminal prosecutions, complex business disputes, employment, personal injury, zoning, and professional liability. While serving as the Senior Judge staff attorney, Nola worked on a number of high profile decisions that have changed Georgia law. Nola has been a guest lecturer in Georgia State University classes on Georgia civil procedure. She has also served as a guest judge for Moot Court competitions including the Phillip C. Jessup International Moot Court competition.
In her tenure at Cruser & Mitchell, LLP, Nola has focused on civil tort litigation. Nola represents individuals, companies, corporations and insurance companies in state and federal courts. Her practice emphasizes the areas of professional liability, products liability, premises liability, construction litigation, and coverage disputes.
- Representative Cases:
Below are examples of the wide array of matters Nola has handled for various national and local clients in the past year:
- -Obtained defense jury verdict in in a premises liability shooting case where the Plaintiff demanded 2 million dollars as well as punitive damages.
- -Obtained a defense jury verdict in a right-hand turn automobile accident case.
- -Obtained summary judgment and sanctions against a Plaintiff in federal court case involving the libel and slander allegations.
- -Obtained order of dismissal on business transaction case involving personal guarantees.
- -Obtained summary judgment in legal malpractice case involving wrongful foreclosure.
- -Obtained summary judgment in products liability case involving allegations of negligent manufacturing of bar joists.
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Phillip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition, guest judge
- Georgia High School Mock Trial Competition, guest judge
- Defense Research Institute
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce
- State Bar of Georgia
- Georgia Association of Women Lawyers
- Awards and Professional Recognition:
- Named Georgia Rising Star (top 5% lawyer) by Atlanta Magazine in 2009, 2010, 2011 issue of Georgia Super Lawyers magazine.
- AV rated (highest professional rating) by Martindale Hubbell.
- Past Employment Positions:
- Senior Judge Joel J. Fryer, Clerk
- Georgia Supreme Court Justice Carol W. Hunstein, Clerk
- Georgia Supreme Court Justice Hugh P. Thompson, Clerk
- Fulton County Superior Court, Senior Judge Division, Staff Attorney
