Law Offices of
Mark Jackson
Walker, Watts, Jackson &
McFarland
160 North Winter Street • Adrian, MI 49221
(517) 265-8138
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Mark A.
Jackson
Mark has been one of the youngest partners in the oldest continuing law
partnership in Adrian, Michigan (Lenawee County) since 1983. Prior to
becoming a partner he clerked for two tears while finishing law school and
was an associate attorney with the firm for one year. Mark works
extensively in the area of trust and estate planning with a particular
emphasis on avoiding probate.
After graduation from Blissfield High School in June 1976, Mark attended
Michigan State University for one year before transferring to Adrian
College where two years later he obtained a B.A. degree with majors in
both History and Political Science in May 1979. His Juris Doctor was
awarded at the University of Toledo College of Law in 1982 and he was
granted his license to practice law by the State Bar of Michigan that same
year. In 1989 he obtained a Real Estate Broker's license in the state of
Michigan. He attends at least ten days of continuing legal education each
year and has attended the Trusts & Estates National Conference on
Estate Planning and Administration in San Francisco, the Philip J.
Heckerling Estate Planning Institute sponsored by the University of Miami,
and the Annual Probate Seminars sponsored by the Institute of Continuing
Legal Education in Ann Arbor, Michigan as well as the Focus on the Family
Attorney Seminar in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Mark and his wife, Beth, reside in Palmyra, Michigan with their son, Kyle
and daughter Kathryn. The family is very active in Lenawee Christian
School were Mark currently serves as Vice-President of the Music Boosters. |
PROFESSIONAL
CREDENTIALS
June 1976 Graduate, Blissfield High
School
May 1979 Graduate, Adrian College
June 1982 Graduate, University of Toledo College
of Law
Law Clerk-Walker, Watts, Whitehouse & Costas,
1980-1982
Partner-Walker, Watts & Jackson, 1983-Present
Member-American Bar Association, 1981-1995
Member-National Lawyers Association,
1996-Present
Member-Michigan Bar Association, 1982-Present
Member-Lenawee County Bar Association,
1982-Present
Past President-Lenawee County Bar Association
Past Friend of the Court Referee-Lenawee County
Circuit Court
RECOGNITION
Mark has lectured on Probate Avoidance tools for such groups as the Lenawee
Probate Court and the Community Mental Health Guardianship Alternatives Seminar,
the Lenawee Widowed Persons Service, Adrian Alumni College, Lenawee Estate &
Financial Planning Council, Eaton Corporation and the Cunard Cruise Line. He is
currently Chairman of the Lenawee County Community Mental Health Board and
participates in Estate Planning Seminars in Lenawee, Hillsdale and Calhoun
counties of Michigan.
BACKGROUND
As a life long resident of Lenawee County, Mark has been active in many
community organizations: Past Board Member of the Lenawee Humane Society, Call
Someone Concerned, and South Central Michigan Substance Abuse Advisory Board. Currently Mark Chairs the Lenawee
Community Mental Health Advisory Board and plays tuba in the Adrian College
Concert Band and Adrian City Band with his son and daughter.
Mark and his wife, Beth, are active at Wellsville U. M. Church, teaching Sunday
School and Vacation Bible School for several years. They are also members of the
Lenawee camp and auxiliary of the Gideons International.
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