Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021 
Jason leads O’Neil Cannon’s Corporate Practice Group. He advises and represents individuals, businesses, and banks on a variety of corporate, banking, and business-related issues, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial loan transactions, corporate issues, contract negotiation and preparation, and business entity selection and formation.
Jason Assists Clients With
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Complex commercial loan transactions for lenders and borrowers
- Corporate matters, including business entity selection and formation, shareholder agreements, and operating agreements
- General business issues, including complex contract negotiation and preparation
Experience/Representative Client Work
- Represented numerous clients in the purchase and sale of businesses, including in the plastics, manufacturing, transportation, distribution, retail, healthcare, and business services industries
- Represented multiple bank and borrower clients in their commercial loan transactions
- Drafted, negotiated, and finalized numerous business agreements on a variety of transactions, including terms and conditions, independent contractor agreements, non-compete agreements, non-disclosure agreements, leases, distribution agreements, supply agreements, and licensing agreements
- Represented numerous clients on the formation of their businesses and the preparation of their organizational documents, including operating and shareholder agreements
Professional Associations & Affiliations
- Milwaukee Bar Association
- State Bar of Wisconsin
- American Bar Association
- Midwest Business Brokers & Intermediaries
- Inaugural Member, Young Association for Corporate Growth (YACG)
- Past Chair, Milwaukee Bar Association’s Corporate, Banking & Business Section (4 consecutive terms)
Awards/Distinctions
- Selected for inclusion in 2013–present Wisconsin Super Lawyers, Law & Politics and Milwaukee Magazine
- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® –Corporate Law, 2021–present
- Selected for inclusion in 2011 and 2012 Wisconsin Super Lawyers Rising Stars, Law & Politics and Milwaukee Magazine
- Marquette Law Review, Associate Editor
Education
- Marquette University Law School (J.D., cum laude)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., with Distinction)
