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From Hillsboro roots to Baylor Law’s elite trial program, Greg Jackson always knew the courtroom was calling. He’s spent decades on both sides of personal injury law. Hear how this hometown attorney champions the underdog, one case at a time.
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I was born in Fort Worth
and grew up in a small town in Hillsboro,
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about an hour south of here.
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It's funny, I never really wanted
anything other than to be a lawyer.
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Nobody in my family was a lawyer.
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I was only the second person
in my family to go to college.
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My mom always told me
that I was really good at arguing
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and I ought to be a lawyer.
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I went to Baylor undergraduate
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for the sole purpose
of going to their law school,
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because they had
a famous trial lawyer program,
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and that's where I wanted to go.
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For some reason, I always wanted to be
in the courtroom and representing people,
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and I never really knew what
type of law I wanted to practice.
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When I was in law school,
I took a class on personal injury law,
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and once a week, a trial lawyer would
come in and tell stories about his cases,
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and I would listen to him and just think
in my mind, that's what I want to do.
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I've actually been on both
sides of the docket, as we say.
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I spent about 10 years
defending personal injury claims,
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but for 20 years I've been representing
the victims of personal injury.
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I chose it because I like
to represent the little guy,
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kind of the David
versus Goliath situation.
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You have to be a good listener,
and that's what I've always tried to do.
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That's what we try to do
at Rocky Walton Injury Lawyers,
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is listen to our clients and stay
in constant communication with them.