Jackson Michael W

Nov 28th, 2019

Feb 1st, 2019

I am a family law attorney and when given the option, I will use Mr. Jackson to mediate my family cases. He is fair, professional, hard working and prepares typed agreements with all the standard provisions needed for a final order, so parties can walk away with a useable agreement. He makes his calendar available even on weekends. I have been pleased each time I have used his services.
Sep 10th, 2018

I paid for 5 hours got talked to for 6 whole minutes. He let the attorneys play games for the entire time instead of actually talking to us individually. I had all factual evidence in front of me and I wasn't even allowed to speak. Now I'm heading to a jury trial to fight for custody of my kids I've raised their entire lives from a man that up and moved states away from his kids almost a year ago and have lived with us a total of 5 years in the last 13 even though I offered him a 50/50 equal split of children.
Jul 21st, 2018

So it has taken me a VERY long time to review this individual. We were sent to him by a judge ( who said he had a good friend that was a mediator) because essentially my lawyer said she was not "ready for trial" and because I had no other recourse except incompetence, i went along with this mediation ( second one to be exact, first one my ex didn't even show up for and my lawyer did not push the issue ). Keep in mind, my ex's lawyer laughed and said he would pay for the mediation for his client, i asked my lawyer and she said absolutely not- despite she was the one not ready. When we got to Mr. Jackson's office, I had not been in a sit down with my ex since i was assaulted by him the year prior (2015), so i was nervous and hesitant. i expressed that to my lawyer who said this mediator, Michael Jackson, will be charging me whether i walk in or not- so i went in. He asked me why i was hesitant, and i told him about what had happened in front of my kids the year before and he stated, " You must have done something to deserve it". By "it" he was referring to my assault with bodily injury i sustained in front of my children. I freaked out and asked my lawyer why she was not coming to my aid and she just stayed quiet, in a bit of shock and disbelief and fear it seemed. He kept going on his rant and then i stopped him and asked if he had a daughter and what he would say to a man telling his daughter what he told me... his response was my daughter wouldn't put herself in that position. (It may have been phrased differently, it's been a while and that's all i remember). He goes on to say why did you drop the case if it was so bad, don't sit there and say you were scared... i mean this guy had my answers for me...and he was RIGHT! I WAS SCARED!!!! Nonetheless. He calls the other party in. Other party says he is not looking to make a deal and M.J. looks at me blankly and states very flatly, "That will be $500, cash or card?" This emotionless lack of a man is the reason a LOT of us victims do NOT report violence. People say it's our fault then push it under a rug as if it is nothing to talk about or be sad about. The other day, I found myself in a pickle at work with sexual harrassment and my co worker asked me why I didn't call someone, and I told her this story about how it is always our fault...and the words she gave me propelled me to write this and give my truth about my experience with this mediator.
Sep 2nd, 2019