Mr. Jackson is a partner in the Vorys Columbus office and a member of the bankruptcy practice.  He has significant experience in the insolvency field having represented secured creditors, Chapter 11 debtors, trustees, creditors' committees, equity holders, asset purchasers, vendors and suppliers.  Mr. Jackson's practice also includes all aspects of commercial collections and workouts, including loan restructurings, forbearance arrangements, receiverships and foreclosures.

Career highlights include:

• President, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2007-2008
• Serving as counsel to the unsecured creditors’ committee in the bankruptcy of a five-hospital health care system, which was filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware and successfully negotiating a creditors trust for benefit of the unsecured creditors
• Serving as counsel to a $1 billion farm cooperative, and its related financing arm, in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy and receiving the confirmation of a successful Chapter 11 plan in six months
• Serving as counsel to future claimant’s representative in Chapter 11 proceedings of a major corporation filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware

Mr. Jackson is a member of the Ohio State Bar Foundation and the Ohio  State Bar Association.

Mr. Jackson has spoken on several occasions before the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Annual Spring Meeting and Winter Leadership Conference, the Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar, as well as other local and regional conferences.  Topics have included exit financing in Chapter 11 bankruptcies, avoiding litigation, out of court workouts, and post confirmation issues.

Mr. Jackson received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and his B.A. from Cornell University.

Publications

• “Sale of Substantially All Assets Outside of Plan,” Chapter 5 of Bankruptcy Business Acquisitions, 2006 (American Bankruptcy Institute publication)  
• “Bringing Bankruptcies to Foil Foreclosures,” The Practical Lawyer, January 1997
• Mortgage Foreclosure and Repossession in Ohio, 1991 (National Business Institute, Inc. publication)
• Ohio Creditors’ Remedies and Collection Law, 1985 (Professional Education Systems, Inc. publication)

Professional and Community Activities

• American Bankruptcy Institute, Executive Committee, 2003-present; President 2007-2008
• Ohio State Bar Association, Council of Delegates, 2002-2007; Board of Governors, 2003-2007
• ABI Journal, Former Editor
• Columbus Bar Association, Board of Governors, 1998-2002; Bankruptcy Committee Chair, 1990-1992
• Ohio State Bar Foundation, President, 2001
• American Bar Association, Conference of Minority Partners in Majority/Corporate Law Firms, Chairman, 1996-1999

Honors and Awards

• Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy since 2001
• Fellow of the Columbus Bar Foundation since 1991
• Fellow of the Ohio State Bar Foundation since 1994
• The Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, 1995-2008
• Ohio Super Lawyers, Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor, 2004-2008
• Chambers and Partners, Leading Lawyer in Bankruptcy/Restructuring, 2004-2008
• Named one of America’s Top Black Lawyers, Black Enterprise Magazine

News

• 28 Vorys Attorneys Named Leading Practitioners in Ohio
• 67 Vorys Attorneys Recognized as 2008 Ohio Super Lawyers
• Vorys named the "2008 Leading Ohio Law Firm" by Best Lawyers
• Reginald W. Jackson named president by the American Bankruptcy Institute's Board of Directors
• 28 Vorys Attorneys Named Leading Lawyers for Business by Chambers USA