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Jill D. Jacobson
 Richmond, Virginia
Jill Jacobson is an advocate who focuses on one thing: providing exceptional service to each client, every time. Whether she is defending a Fortune 500 company or a sole proprietorship, she brings the same level of passion, intelligence and creativity to bear on her clients' legal problems.
Jill has over fifteen years of experience advising and defending her clients in product liability, employment, commerical and other business litigation. She also provides advice and counsel on issues such as risk management, document retention, regulatory compliance, employment policies and benefits, non-compete agreements, and protection of trade secrets and other confidential information.
Jill is also active in the legal community. She holds leadership positions in both state and national defense organizations, and recently received a prestigious appointment to DRI's Judicial Task Force. She also provides pro bono representation to two active and well-known local non-profit organizations.
As an openly gay lawyer, Jill contributes to the diversity of her clients' legal teams. Her clients appreciate the fresh angle she provides, and her creative solutions have delighted many.
- Automotive
- Business, Commercial and Financial Litigation
- Construction and Industrial Equipment
- Drug and Medical Device Litigation
- Employment Litigation
- Product Liability
- Recreational Sports Equipment
- California, 1994
- Virginia, 2000
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1994
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 2000
- U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 2000
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1994
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1994
- University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia,
1993
J.D.
Law Journal:
Journal of Law & Social Policy, Article Editor
- San Jose State University,
1988
B.S.
Honors: With Great Distinction
Honors: Dean's List
Honors: Golden Key Honor Society
Major: Business (Marketing)
- Public Nuisance Law: Resistance to Expansive New Theories, Mass Torts, Fall 2009 (Co-Author)
- Invisible Diversity: What You Can't See, Can Help You, Diversity Executive, March, 2009
- An Overview of Workplace Protections for Sexual Minorities, DRI's In-House Defense Quarterly, Winter, 2009
- Co-Author: The CPSIA and All-Terrain-Vehicles: New Burdens at an Inopportune Time, (with David Gluckman), DRI: The Voice, Volume 8, Issue 8, February 25, 2009
- Light Cigarettes and Drug Labeling: The U.S. Supreme Court Tackles Preemption - Again, DRI: The Voice, Volume 7, Issue 44, 2008
- From Shield to Sword: The Transformation of Preemption Law (with Rebecca S. Herbig), DRI's For The Defense, December, 2007
- Red Sky in the Morning: Modifying Prescription Drug Labels as a Result of Postmarket Surveillance, Food and Drug Law Journal, Vol. 62, No. 3, 2007
- Defense Research Institute
- Member, Product Liability and Diversity Committees
- Defense Research Institute
- Appointed Member, Judicial Task Force
- Defense Research Institute
- Chair, Biomechanics and Injury Causation Specialized Litigation Group
- Human Rights Campaign
- Equality Virginia
- Victory Fund Campaign Board Member
- Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
- Member, Legislative Committee
- Provides advice and counsel for C.A.R.E, a local animal-rescue non-profit organization
- Represents Diversity Thrift, the principal fund-raising organization of the Richmond Gay Community Foundation
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