The Black General Counsel Project: Schneider National’s Thom Jackson

Logistics company Schneider National, Inc.‘s general counsel Thom Jackson said the best advice he’s received in his legal career taught him to play for the team, not just for himself, and to never ever become complacent.

“Early in my career, I met a law partner who gave me two pieces of advice—stay humble and stay hungry,” Jackson recalled in a recent Bloomberg Law survey.

Black general counsel now make up over 5% of all general counsel in the Fortune 1000, a significant milestone tracked by the Black General Counsel 2025 Initiative and first reported by Bloomberg Law. We ...