Profile
Raymond Jackson is a member of the Labor & Employment and Litigation Practices in Greenberg Traurig's Northern Virginia and Tampa offices. Ray focuses his practice on federal and state labor and employment law, providing litigation and counseling services to employers. He represents clients in matters involving employment contracts, restrictive covenants, trade secrets, wrongful termination, discrimination, and retaliation. Ray conducts internal investigations, advises on risk mitigation, and handles a broad range of litigation matters. His work spans tort actions, commercial disputes, environmental & toxic tort cases, contract litigation, education-related issues, and government investigations.
Ray is dedicated to pro bono service. His volunteerism has included defending a regional nonprofit legal organization providing legal aid to vulnerable individuals and representing indigent clients in immigration matters. Ray also secured asylum for a client before the U.S. Immigration Court and provided legal services at the southern border as part of an asylum/immigration project.
Concentrations
- Commercial and civil litigation
- Discrimination claims
- EEOC and state agency investigations
- Wage and hour
Capabilities
Experience
- Representation of an international aerospace company in two high-profile mass toxic-tort actions in which plaintiffs allege that emissions from its manufacturing facility contaminated nearby properties and potentially exposed persons near the facility. Plaintiffs seek injunctive relief, medical monitoring, and monetary damages.
- Intern, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Summer 2014
- Judicial Extern, Hon. Alexander Williams, Jr., U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Summer 2013
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, "Ones to Watch"
- Labor and Employment Law - Management, 2022-2024
- Litigation - Labor and Employment, 2024-2025
- Recognized, The National Black Lawyers, "Top 40 Under 40" Attorney in Florida, 2023
- Team Member, a Law360 "Environmental Practice Group of the Year," 2022
- Listed, The Legal 500 United States, Dispute Resolution > Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense - Toxic Tort, 2022-2024
- Member, The C.H. Ferguson-M.E. White American Inn of Court
Credentials
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J.D., The George Washington University Law School
- NAACP Legal Defense Fund: Earl Warren Legal Training Program Scholarship Recipient
- Staff Member, American Intelligence Property Law Association Quarterly Journal
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B.A., Public Policy and American Institutions, Brown University
- The Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship Recipient
- U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, 2015-2016
- Florida
- District of Columbia
- Virginia
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit