Jackson Kusiak has recently joined Williams Cedar, and was officially sworn into the Pennsylvania bar on October 28. We look forward to his work assisting our firm, representing our clients in civil rights and environmental law matters.
Jackson Kusiak is an attorney with Williams Cedar, L.L.C. with a primary focus in civil rights and environmental litigation. He is a graduate of Temple Beasley School of Law (2026) and has been admitted to practice in the bar of Pennsylvania. Throughout his time in law school, Mr. Kusiak centered his education on protecting civil rights, stopping discrimination, and holding polluters accountable. Mr. Kusiak has previously worked for Earthjustice, Juvenile Law Center, Abolitionist Law Center, and Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin.
Before practicing law, Mr. Kusiak was a community organizer with the Human Rights Coalition, a group dedicated to defending the rights and dignity of incarcerated people. Mr. Kusiak has been active in efforts to ban the practice of long-term / indefinite solitary confinement, eliminate cruel and unusual punishments, and hold abusive prison guards and police officers accountable. Mr. Kusiak has over a decade of experience assisting with prison litigation, investigating police misconduct, and advocating for the rights of those impacted by the criminal legal system.
Mr. Kusiak has also been a life-long environmental advocate. He has been involved in multiple grassroots organizations working to protect clean water, ban toxic waste disposal, and mitigate climate change. Mr. Kusiak has pushed back against polluters and fought for the health and safety of fenceline communities and frontline workers. Additionally, Mr. Kusiak has 15 years of experience working on complex energy law issues. This includes a background in legal matters related to oil, gas and coal extraction, pipeline construction, refinery air pollution, data center regulation, and renewable energy development.