Jason Earley

Jason Earley is the partner and lead trial lawyer at Jennings & Earley and heads up the firm’s personal injury practice from our office in Birmingham, Alabama.  Jason has devoted his career to helping people who have been hurt by large companies.  Jason has successfully taken on corporate giants such as Monsanto, Syngenta, 3M, Bard, and Alibaba and recovered over $1.5 billion for his clients.  He has been featured as a top trial lawyer by publications such as Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers, and the National Trial Lawyers.  

Jason’s career highlights include representing over 300,000 American corn farmers as part of the leadership team appointed by a federal court In re Syngenta AG MIR162 Corn Litigation. Jason and a team of lawyers assembled from around the country brought a nationwide class action against Syngenta for releasing a genetically modified corn seed that shut down American corn exports to China. Jason served on the trial team which obtained a $217,700,000 jury verdict against Syngenta on behalf of 10,000 Kansas corn farmers – the 10th largest jury verdict in the United States in 2017. The historic verdict resulted in a global settlement that remains the largest recovery in agricultural litigation in the history of the United States. 

Jason currently serves as lead trial counsel for 500 coal miners suffering from black lung in Eastern Kentucky. He serves as lead counsel for over 100 victims of water contamination caused by 3M in northern Alabama. He also represents clients in medical malpractice and other personal injury cases across the country.  

Service to others and his community has always been a priority to Jason. He has served on the Lyon College board of trustees, the board of the Alabama Head Injury Foundation, the board of the Downtown Little Rock Kiwanis, and the board of Philander Smith College.  

Practice Area Emphasis

  • Class Action – Antitrust

  • Class Action – Consumer Protection

  • Class Action – Data Breach

  • Class Action – Securities

  • Mass Tort - Defective Drugs/Pharmaceuticals

  • Mass Tort - Toxic Tort

  • Products Liability

  • Medical Malpractice

  • Personal Injury

Licensed to Practice

  • Alabama

  • Arkansas

  • Kentucky

  • Washington, DC

Education

  • Jason attended Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas and received his B.A. degree cum laude in 1999. In 2004, Jason earned his law degree with high honors from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. While in law school, Jason was a member of the Law Review and Trial Team.

Professional Affiliations

  • American Bar Association

  • Arkansas Bar Association

  • Pulaski County Bar Association

  • Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association

Professional Recognition

  • 2020 Mid-South Super Lawyers

  • Rising Stars® of the Mid-South by Super Lawyers® (2010 – 2012, 2015 – 2017)

  • Super Lawyers® (2018)

  • “Top 40 Under 40” by the National Trial Lawyers

  • “Top 10 Under 40” by the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys

  • Best Lawyers in America “Best Lawyers” (2019 – 2020)

  • “Top 100 Trial Lawyer” by The National Trial Lawyers