Practice Area:Commercial, Contract, Partnership Disputes, Real Estate
Jason Rugo has been a principal with Jenkins & Kling, P.C. since 1993, and has practiced primarily in the areas of general commercial litigation with an emphasis on construction, real estate, non-compete enforcement and intellectual property defense.
Additionally, Jason is a fully trained mediator and engages in mediating lawsuits and pre-suit mediation of disputes. He also provides arbitration, and other alternative dispute resolution services.
Jason is a graduate of Washington University (B.A. in History with honors) and Vanderbilt University School of Law where he was an Editor of the Journal of Transnational Law. He is a Certified Neutral in the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Missouri and Southern District of Illinois and is a member of several mediator organizations including the Association of Attorney Mediators, the Association of Missouri Mediators, and the Missouri bar ADR Committee. Jason’s areas of experience include:
Mediation and arbitration
Contract and business tort litigation
Real estate and zoning litigation
Non-compete enforcement & defense
Trade secret enforcement and defense
Unfair competition and trademark litigation
Construction
Employment
Jason received mediation training at the University of Missouri Center for Dispute Resolution and receives continuing mediation education through membership in the Association of Missouri Mediators, the Association of Attorney Mediators and other sources. He is a Certified Neutral in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, and in the Southern District of Illinois. He is a Certified Neutral in the St. Louis County Circuit Court, State of Missouri. Mediation Panel member for LEXITAS (fka ALARIS), St. Louis. Board Member, President (term Oct 2020-Oct 2022) and Past President of the Association of Missouri Mediators. Co-Chair of Missouri Bar ADR Committee 2023-2024.
Education
B.A., History with Honors, Washington University, 1977
J.D., Vanderbilt Law School, 1980
Admissions
Missouri, 1980
U.S. District Court Eastern District, 1980
U.S. District Court Western District, 1980
Licenses & Certifications
Past President, Association of Missouri Mediators
National Member: Association of Attorney Mediators
