Jackson Tyler is an associate in First & Fourteenth’s Kansas City office. His practice focuses on complex civil litigation, with particular experience in constitutional and public-law disputes, election and campaign-finance matters, complex commercial litigation, and government investigations. Jackson has represented clients at every stage of litigation, from pre-suit investigations and dispositive motions through trial and appeal.

Before joining First & Fourteenth, Jackson practiced at a nationally recognized litigation boutique, where he represented individuals, businesses, and public officials in high-stakes disputes involving constitutional claims, election law, commercial matters, and government investigations. His experience includes litigating constitutional challenges to state and federal laws, handling matters involving the First Amendment and other significant questions of public law, and working on cases through trial and subsequent appeals, including matters before federal courts of appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Jackson has also represented clients in complex products-liability litigation, where his work included developing expert testimony, taking and defending depositions, briefing dispositive and expert-admissibility motions, and preparing cases for trial.

Jackson began his legal career as a law clerk to Judge Zel M. Fischer of the Supreme Court of Missouri. He earned his law degree from the University of Missouri School of Law, where he served as Lead Articles Editor of the Journal of Dispute Resolution. During law school, Jackson also worked in the Missouri Attorney General’s Office and represented veterans through the law school’s Veterans Clinic.

Outside the office, Jackson spends his time chasing his kids, mountain biking, and playing guitar.