Ken Jackson is well-known in mediation and arbitration circles as one of the first group of Tennessee Supreme Court Listed Rule 31 mediators, civil and family.  In addition to mediating numerous family cases, he is certified for domestic violence cases, and has served as mediator in at least 15 such cases.  Ken is also an arbitrator and mediator for the American Arbitration Association for the  complex case and employment law panels, National Association of Securities Dealers , Arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau , Nashville Conflict Resolution Center, and is a member of the Neutral Panel, U. S. District Court (M. D. Tenn.). His mediation experience also includes church, civil rights, securities, professional associations, and contracts cases.

Ken’s employment background includes Of Counsel, Neal & Harwell, PLC; Vice President and General Counsel, Textron Aerostructures; Vice President-Contracts and General Counsel, Recon/Optical, Inc.; and various director and managerial roles leading to those positions.  Also, he served as Assistant Director on the staff of the U. S. Cost Accounting Standards Board.

He was graduated from Southern Methodist University (B. A. and J. D.) and Vanderbilt University Divinity School (M. Div.).  Ken has approximately 400 hours of mediation and arbitration training, including his service as a speaker and trainer.

The author of numerous articles in the field of mediation, Ken is the Research Assistant for the forthcoming (January 2008) Abingdon Press book, The Switching Hour: Kids of Divorce Say Good-bye Again by Evon O. Flesberg.  He served as Editor and Writer for the Dispute Resolution Newsletter of the Tennessee Bar Association (June 2001-August 2003). He has written and spoken on ethics in mediation, including “Ethical Consideration in Mediation,” ADR News, Vol. I, Nos. 5 and 6 (1999-2000).

Ken’s honors and awards and civic service include: Board Member, Nashville Conflict Resolution Center; Division Chair, United Way; and volunteer mediator for CASA, NCRC, Neighborhood Justice Center, and Tennessee Protection & Advocacy.  He is a Past Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services, where he co-chaired the Mediation Task Force.  He has served as Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution and Ethics and Professionalism committees of the Nashville Bar Association.  He is a member of the ADR sections of the Texas and Tennessee Bar Associations, and a past member of the College of the State Bar of Texas.  Ken is a member of the Nashville Bar Foundation, and he received the Nashville Bar Association’s President’s Award in 1994 and 2001.  He is a past Barrister member, Harry Phillips American Inn of Court, and Past National President, Executive Vice President, and Treasurer of the National Contract Management Association.  He is an Honorary Life Member of that association, and received the Charles J. Delaney Memorial Award.  He received the Distinguished Service Award of the Society of American Value Engineers, and various citations, including the Comptroller General of the United States, the U. S. Defense Department, and the U. S. Air Force.

Ken and Judy Jackson have been married for 40 years, and they have a son.  Ken and Judy, owner of Granny’s Flower Shop on 12 South, are also professional actors with numerous film, stage, commercial, and video acting credits.

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