Jason B. Adkins

Jason Adkins graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991 and the University of Michigan in 1982. He is admitted to the Massachusetts bar, and federal courts (District of Massachusetts, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; U.S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; U.S. Supreme Court).  He has also been admitted pro hac vice in numerous state courts.

Jason is a founder and director of Adkins, Kelston & Zavez, P.C. where he specializes in evaluating and prosecuting complex litigation on behalf of consumers and disenfranched persons engaging in all aspects of major class action litigation around the country against, for example, mutual insurance companies, manufacturers of mislabeled food, polluters and governmental agencies.

Jason has also represented state and national candidates for political office and political parties in election-related litigation, and represented clients before the U.S. Federal Election Commission, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the Mass. Board of Medicine, Mass. Department of Environmental Protection, numerous state insurance departments, other governmental agencies, and before professional associations. 

Jason is Chair of Public Citizen, Inc., a national consumer advocacy organization that fights for consumers in the courts, and before Congress and executive branch agencies.  Previously, Jason was founder and executive director of the Center for Insurance Research from 1991 to 1997. The Center is a leading non-profit organization that conducts research and advocates on behalf of insurance policyholders nationwide.  He has written, published and testified widely on insurance and related regulatory matters.