N. Nickolas Jackson

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Nick Jackson grew up in Phenix City, Alabama, and graduated from Auburn University before attending law school at Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law where he graduated as one of the youngest members of his graduating class. Nick received his Juris Doctor cum laude and graduated in the top 7% of his class. Nick represents plaintiffs and defendants across industries in complex, high stakes trial and appellate litigation. Nick regularly serves as lead counsel in wrongful death actions, particularly those involving negligent security and construction defect allegations. Nick also practices in the areas of multidistrict litigation, class action litigation, mass torts, and personal injury matters. Nick has been involved in some of the largest data breach class actions in Georgia history and successfully argued on behalf of over 497,000 class members in a data breach matter that is regularly cited by courts across the country for its foreseeability analysis. Currently, Nick is leading one of the largest mass litigation campaigns in Georgia history alongside consumer advocate, Erin Brockovich, where he represents hundreds of individuals in Northwest Georgia as it relates to environmental contamination stemming from carpet manufacturing. Nick prides his practice on being results driven and uses a "business" approach to every case in which he is involved. Nick attributes his business acumen to his grandmother who grew a small staffing agency in Columbus, Georgia to one of the nation's largest female-owned employment agencies. Aside from Nick’s work at The Finley Firm, P.C., his prior employment also includes work as a law clerk for one of the nation’s leading complex litigation law firms. Nick also served as a judicial extern for the Hon. R. David Proctor, a judge for the Northern District of Alabama and formerly of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. Nick’s externship focused on the judicial administration of multidistrict litigation. Nick is a lifetime member of the Auburn Alumni Association. When he is not working, Nick enjoys spending time with his family, watching Auburn football and basketball, duck hunting, and fishing at his family’s farm in rural Southwest Georgia. Nick also loves Alabama history and is the creator of a former exhibit at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nick’s exhibit highlighted the roles of women and African Americans in Alabama’s contributions to the war effort.

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J. Benjamin Finley

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