Jaylen Wilbon

Jaylen Wilbon advises and represents clients in industries ranging from construction to healthcare, financial services, and beyond. He handles a wide array of commercial litigation, including many types of contract disputes, consumer financial matters, and products liability. In the arena of labor and employment litigation, Jaylen defends against claims such as discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation, sexual harassment, and more.

His defense of construction claims may include representing public agencies, developers, design professionals, contractors, subcontractors and property owners in construction defects matters, bid protests, payment disputes, delay claims, and lien and bond claims.

Jaylen gained much of his initial experience via the clerkships, internships, and externships he engaged in during law school. He was given the opportunity to participate in the trial process from initial pleadings through appeals and from multiple perspectives. At Adams & Reese he drafted jury instructions, summary judgment motions, answers to complaints, deposition outlines, and more. He also conducted extensive media and libel law research and updated the 2023-2024 Media Libel Law Survey. As a judicial intern for the Honorable Christy Comstock of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, Jaylen prepared memoranda regarding pretrial motions in limine and court opinions. And as an intern with the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office, he assisted with arraignments, discovery, evidentiary matters, hearings, and trials, as well as analyzing criminal charges within the Special Victim’s Unit. On the corporate side, as legal extern for the Walmart Tax Department, Jaylen drafted memoranda and briefs supporting various company tax positions.

Jaylen’s understanding of business operations, especially in the financial services arena, was enhanced through his role as an Investment Research Analyst with Ameriprise Financial, where he responded to service requests, conducted both pre-meeting and post-meeting triage, proposed investment recommendations and asset allocation models, and executed trades.