William McKinley Jackson grew up in Baltimore, Maryland where he attended public

and parochial schools, graduating from Loyola High School in Baltimore, Maryland in 1971.

He received his AB. from Brown University in 1975 and his J.D. from the Harvard Law

School in 1978. Upon receiving his law degree, Mr. Jackson moved to the District of

Columbia where he served as the law clerk to Judge Theodore R. Newman, Jr., then Chief

Judge of the District Court of Appeals.

In 1979, Mr. Jackson joined the Department of Justice under their Honors Program.

While there he served as a staff attorney in the Consumer Affairs Section of the Antitrust

Division. During his tenure at the Justice Department, he prosecuted civil and criminal cases

on behalf of the Food and Drug Administration, the Federal Trade Commission and the

Consumer Product Safety Commission.

From 1982 until his appointment to the bench, Mr. Jackson served in the United

States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

As an Assistant United States Attorney, he served in all of the sections of the

Superior Court Division, the Misdemeanor Trial Section, the Grand Jury Section, the Felony

Trial Section and the Chronic Offender Unit. In 1986, he was selected to serve in the Felony

I Section which was then responsible for the prosecution of Child Sex offenses, rape and

first degree murder cases. In 1985 and 1988, he received Outstanding Performance

Awards for his work as a trial attorney.

In 1988, he joined the supervisory ranks of the United States Attorney. In the spring

of 1988, he was appointed Chief of the Felony Trial Division. In September of 1989 he

was appointed Chief of the Homicide Unite which is responsible for the prosecution of all

adult homicide cases in Superior Court. He served as Chief of the Homicide Unit until his

appointment to the bench.

Mr. Jackson has been active in continuing legal education programs. Since 1987 he

has been a frequent lecturer in the Criminal Practice Institute. He has also taught in the Trial

Advocacy Workshop of the Harvard Law School. Beginning in 1988 he has taught locally in

the National Institute of Trial Advocacy.

Mr. Jackson is married to Susan Sinclair, a partner in the law firm of Kech, Mahin and

Cate, and they have two children, Michelle, age 5, and William, 7 months.