Jack A. Wilson

Associate
Armonk

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Area of Practice

Litigation

Education

University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2005; Dean's Merit Scholar

Duke University, Ph. D, Philosophy, 1996; W.B. Peach Award for Teaching Excellence

Colgate University, B.A., with honors, Philosophy, 1990

Admissions

New York

United States District Courts: Southern District of New York

Jack Wilson's main practice area is complex civil litigation. Since joining the firm, Mr. Wilson has worked on a wide variety of cases ranging from a qui tam action related to the sale of a California insurer to the defense of a major international corporation against former shareholders in a securities action.

Mr. Wilson received his J.D. from the University Of Virginia School Of Law in 2005 where he was the recipient of a Dean's Merit Scholarship. While a third year law student working in the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Virginia, Mr. Wilson successfully assisted in the investigation and prosecution of a methamphetamine and cocaine distribution conspiracy and was lead attorney for a three day federal jury trial leading to the conviction of a major distributor of methamphetamine and cocaine in the Shenandoah Valley.

Prior to attending law school, Mr. Wilson was an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Washington and Lee University.

Selected Professional Awards and Associations

American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association

Selected Publications

Intellectual Property Rights in Agricultural Organisms: The Shock of the Not-So-New, Genetically Modified Food: Science, Religion, and Morality, Michael Ruse and David Castle (eds.) Prometheus Press (2002).

Patenting Organisms: Intellectual Property Law Meets Biology, Who Owns Life?, David Magnus (ed.) Prometheus Press (2002)

No Patents for Semantic Information: A Reply to Rebecca Eisenberg, American Journal of Bioethics 2 (2002)

Biotechnology Intellectual Property Rights—Bioethical Issues, Encyclopedia of Life Science, Nature Publishing Group (2001)

Biological Individuality: The Identity and Persistence of Living Entities, Cambridge University Press (1999)