Jackson R. Hobbs

Jackson Hobbs counsels and litigates for corporate clients, as well as chief executives, business owners and other individuals involved in high-stakes government investigations and civil and criminal enforcement actions. Jackson has experience litigating False Claims Act matters as well as Officer of Inspector General investigations, and provides effective representation of clients in negotiations with United States Attorneys, the Department of Justice, state attorneys general, and other government agencies.

Jackson also serves on the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) Panel for the United States District Court, Western District of Missouri, where he represents accused individuals in federal criminal proceedings, including charges of mail and wire fraud conspiracy. Jackson uses this first-chair experience to advise firm clients who are facing criminal investigations or charges of federal and state law violations.

Prior to joining the firm, Jackson clerked for the Honorable Judge Greg Kays of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, where he researched and drafted memoranda and orders for judicial review, as well as managed all aspects of civil and criminal litigation including dispositive motions, discovery disputes and trial. 

In law school, Jackson competed for UMKC’s National Mock Trial Team at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Tournament of Champions; the American College of Trial Lawyers, National Trial Competition Finals; and the nation’s foremost jury selection tournament, The Show-Me Challenge, becoming the first-ever law student to unanimously win Best Overall Advocate. He also represented UMKC’s National Moot Court Team after winning Best Overall Advocate at the Ellison Moot Court Competition.

Before attending law school, Jackson worked as a “Hotdogger” for the Kraft-Heinz Company, driving the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile coast-to-coast in the marketing and public relations firm on wheels. 

• Author, "Cleaning Up the C-Suite: What DOJ Corporate and Individual Enforcement Trends May Be on the Horizon in 2024?" American Bar Association's White Collar Crime Committee Newsletter, Winter/Spring 2024 
• Co-author, "Oral Arguments Signal Sea Change in Future of Administrative Law," Bloomberg Law, January 22, 2024
• Author, "Is it Time for the Government's 'Moneyball' Moment? A May 2023 Government Accountability Office Report Highlights Data Mining and Matching to Identify Potential New Fraud Claims," American Bar Association's White Collar Crime Committee Newsletter, Summer/Fall 2023 
• Co-author, "More Money More Problems? The Sequel: Should My Company Return The Money It Received from the CARES Act?," Lathrop GPM Client Alert, May 4, 2020
• Co-author, "More Money More Problems? CARES Act Stimulus Comes with Potential for Broad Oversight Investigations, Audits, and Enforcement," Lathrop GPM Client Alert, April 14, 2020
• "'So Delicate a Subject': Maintaining an Independent and Self-Regulated Judiciary in the Face of Judicial Aging and Disability," 85 UMKC Law Review 805, 2017

• The Missouri Bar Leadership Academy, Class of 2023-2024
• United States District Court, Western District of Missouri CJA Panel Attorney, 2022

• University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Law, Dean Search Committee, 2017-2018
• Missouri Boys State, Attorney General, 2009
• Boy Scouts of America, Eagle Scout, 2008