McCarty, Terence

Jason was born in Grand Haven, Michigan. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. After graduating from Michigan State University, he attended law school at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. While attending law School, Jason was an Assistant Editor of the Southern Illinois University Law Journal. During the summer after his second Year of law school, he had the opportunity to participate in an internship with late Judge Harlington Wood, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. In 2002, he graduated Cum Laude from Southern Illinois University.

After being admitted to the bar in both Michigan and Illinois, Jason took a position with the Illinois State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutors Office where he had the chance to argue several appeals in front of the Fourth District Appellate Court of Illinois. In 2005, Jason accepted a position as an Assistant Attorney General with the Office of the Illinois Attorney General.

During his tenure with the Attorney General’s Office, Jason represented the State of Illinois and its employees in several federal jury trials. In 2009, Jason left government practice and joined a small private firm in Springfield, Illinois where he began fighting for the rights of individuals. Jason continues that fight with his own office and is dedicated to providing his clients with the personal attention and quality representation they need.