Jackie Olinger
One Metropolitan Square
211 N. Broadway, Suite 2940
St. Louis, MO 63102
jolinger@frenchmudd.com
Tel: (800) 875-6762

Jackie Olinger has spent her legal career dedicated to victims of asbestos exposure.  She began her career in 2004 at an asbestos litigation firm where she worked until joining French & Mudd in 2009.  She spent the first part of her career focusing on asbestos defendant liability where she helped build cases against asbestos defendants.  She brings 5 years of asbestos litigation experience to French & Mudd and has expanded her practice to focus on all aspects of asbestos litigation.  She is committed to seeing that asbestos victims and their families receive compensation for the wrongs committed by asbestos defendants.

Jackie is very active in the legal community and the community at large. She is an Adjunct Professor at Washington University School of Law.  She also serves on several boards and committees in community.  She currently serves as Treasurer for the New Lawyers’ Division of the American Association for Justice, and 1st-Vice Chair for the Minority Caucus of the American Association for Justice.  She is also a member of the Convention Planning Committee and the Women’s Caucus.  Jackie serves as a member of the Executive Board for the Mound City Bar Association, and chairs its Annual Charity Golf Tournament.  She is also a member of the Junior Board of Governors for the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition for greater St. Louis, and serves as Co-Chair for their annual charity auction Old Bags™.

Mesothelioma and Asbestos Litigation
Professional & Community Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• American Association for Justice
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Missouri Bar Association
• National Bar Association
• Mound City Bar Association
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
• Madison County Bar Association

Bar and Court Admissions

• Illinois
• Missouri
• California
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Education

• Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, MO, 2005, J.D.; Dean’s Scholarship, Secretary, Black Law Students’ Association; Midwest Regional Director, National Black Law Students’ Association; Marketing Chair, Women Law Student Association
• University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL , 2002, B.A.; Major: Legal Studies;  Secretary, Legal Studies Student Association

Practice Areas

• Mesothelioma & Asbestos Litigation