Alan Jackson
About
Alan Jackson, a partner at the Los Angeles firm Werksman Jackson & Quinn LLP, served alongside David Yannetti and Elizabeth Little on Karen Read's defense team in both her first trial (which ended in mistrial) and her second trial (which resulted in acquittal). Jackson functioned as the defense's primary cross-examiner, handling 109 proceedings and confronting the prosecution's most consequential witnesses — among them Jennifer McCabe, Brian Albert, Colin Albert, and the first responders whose accounts of Karen Read's alleged admissions formed the backbone of the Commonwealth's case. His approach was methodical and document-driven: he typically used prior inconsistent statements, contemporaneous records, and surveillance or dashcam video to force incremental concessions before pivoting to a broader theme of investigative failure or witness bias.
Key Points
- Jackson questioned Jennifer McCabe about the 2:27 a.m. Google-search timestamp and when she first reported hearing Read say "I hit him."
- Jackson questioned Colin Albert about photographs of his knuckles and threatening videos; Albert described how he said he injured his hand and acknowledged words used in a video.
- Jackson questioned Brian Albert about the 2:22 a.m. call from Brian Higgins, the timing of Albert's phone replacement, and inconsistencies in Albert's prior account of meeting Karen Read.
- During cross-examination of firefighter Tim Nuttall, Jackson obtained Nuttall's agreement that his memory of the relevant meeting and timeframe was 'a little bit faulty,' then contrasted an earlier account that Read spoke to a woman with testimony that she spoke directly to him. Nuttall agreed she spoke directly to him, but later said he did not believe his memories or story had changed and that any inaccurate wording was unintentional.
- Jackson questioned Lt. Michael Lank about the decision not to seek a warrant for 34 Fairview Road, evidence handling at the scene, and Lank's prior involvement with members of the Albert family.
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Trial 1 First Criminal Trial Apr 29, 2024 – Jul 1, 2024 300 proceedings
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Trial 2 Retrial Apr 22, 2025 – Jun 18, 2025 143 proceedings
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