T. Warren Jackson
Mediator | Arbitrator | Special Master
“I bring engagement, preparation, optimism, and a mix of active listening, empathy and humor to mediations. My General Counsel experience, diversity, and expertise in the field brings a credible and persuasive perspective. Through perseverance and motivating parties to ‘trust the process,’ I deliver the settlement results you expect at Signature Resolution.”
Case Administrator
Practice Areas
- Business & Commercial Contracts
- Civil Rights
- Class Action
- Employment
- Personal Injury
- Wage & Hour
Education
- Human Resource Executive Development Program, Cornell University
- Executive M.B.A., UCLA Anderson School of Management
- J.D., Harvard Law School
- B.A., Cornell University
Home Office
Los Angeles
Century City
Available for Virtual Hearings
Available for In-Person Hearings
Biography
Prior to joining Signature Resolution, T. Warren Jackson, Esq. served as Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel of DIRECTV, now part of the AT&T family. He oversaw internal investigations into allegations of discrimination, retaliation, and sexual harassment, and resolved highly sensitive cases involving alleged whistleblower claims and executive departures.
Since joining the Signature Resolution panel, Mr. Jackson has settled wage and hour class actions, facilitated collective bargaining negotiations for a health care employer, and has been appointed as an external adjudicator for Title IX matters with a private university.
Mr. Jackson began his career at O’Melveny & Myers in the Labor & Employment Law Department. Since then, he has specialized in class, collective and representative actions, counseling on all phases of the employment relationship, such as employee discipline and termination, employment discrimination, wage and hour, employee benefit issues, non-compete matters, union negotiations and campaigns, and internal investigations.
Mr. Jackson has counseled clients and provided strategic litigation support for labor and employment law matters. He also served as vice president of workforce diversity and chief ethics officer.
He has lectured extensively in the field and served on several legal associations, including the California Employment Law Council, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, and the Legal Committee of the Employers Group. He has also served on the Boards of the Constitutional Rights Foundation, the Riordan Programs – UCLA Anderson, the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, and Teach Democracy. Mr. Jackson has been consistently active in matters of importance to Los Angeles, ranging from service on the Police Commission, the Civil Service Commission, and the Webster Commission reviewing the LAPD’s response to the civil disturbance following the Rodney King trial, to current service on LA County’s Economy and Efficiency Commission.
Experience
- Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel, DIRECTV (AT&T) (1984–2016)
- Associate, O’Melveny & Myers, LLP (1976–1984)
Professional Achievements and Memberships
- Fellow, College of Labor & Employment Lawyers
- Member, Langston Bar Association Hall of Fame
- Member, Economy and Efficiency Commission, Los Angeles County (2017–Present)
- Member, Los Angeles Police Commission (1996–2001)
- Member, Los Angeles Civil Service Commission (1994–1996)
- Member, California Fair Employment and Housing Commission (1992–1999)