Overview

Jack Gilkey is an attorney in the firm’s litigation practice. He joined Carmody MacDonald in 2024 after three years working as a litigator in Kansas City, Missouri. As a civil litigator, he has experience in a wide range of commercial disputes, including experience in the areas of construction, professional liability, employment, trade secret, insurance coverage, intellectual property, appellate practice, and business torts.

Jack graduated first in his class from the University of Missouri – Columbia School of Law in 2021. During his time in law school, he served as a teaching assistant in multiple courses, received the Judge L.F. Cottey Advocacy Award, and served as a law school ambassador.  Jack earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Mizzou, graduating summa cum laude.

Admissions

  • Missouri
  • Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
  • United States District Court for the District of Kansas
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Education

University of Missouri – Columbia; J.D., magna cum laude, order of the coif (2021)

  • Rank 1/83
  • Law Review Note and Comment Editor
  • Judge L.F. Cottey award for excellence in oral and written advocacy
  • National Moot Court Member
  • CALI Awards

B.S., chemical engineering, summa cum laude (2018)

Awards
  • Super Lawyers – Missouri & Kansas Rising Stars (2024-present)
Publications & Presentations
  • Gilkey, Jackson, Multiparty Joinder and Venue: How Missouri is Acting Against Historic Procedural Law Principles in an Effort to Curb Forum Shopping, 85 Mo. L. Rev. (2020).
    • Available at: https://scholarship.law.missouri.edu/mlr/vol85/iss2/9.
  • Israel, Sharon and Gilkey, Jackson, Assignor Estoppel after Minerva: Practical Advice for Practitioners, Patent Owners, and Competitors, Houston Intellectual Property Law Association Continuing Legal Education Event.
  • Baker, Jeffrey and Gilkey, Jackson, A Guide to Common Contract Terms and their Legal Impacts, Kansas Roofing Association Annual Meeting.