Jack tries complex cases involving intellectual property, product liability and commercial issues before various state and federal courts.

He is a past chairman of Thompson Coburn and serves as the Firm’s general counsel.

  • University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, J.D., 1968
    • Law Review
    • Staff 1966-1968
  • University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, B.A., 1963
    • Political Science

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • Missouri

  • Product Liability Advisory Council
  • National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
    • Past Member, National Executive Committee
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers
  • American Bar Association
  • The Missouri Bar
  • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • American College of Trial Lawyers
  • International Academy of Trial Lawyers
  • Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers 2005-2021 (by Thomson Reuters)
  • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®, 2003-2025 (by BL Rankings)

  • Thompson Coburn LLP
    • Senior Counsel, 2021-Present
    • Partner, 1973-2021
    • Coburn Croft Managing Partner, 1982-1996
    • Thompson Coburn Managing Partner, 1996-2002
    • Associate, 1968-1973