Background
Jacobus, Charles Joseph was born on August 21, 1947 in Ponca City, Oklahoma, United States. Son of David William and Louise Graham (Johnson) Jacobus.
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Jacobus, Charles Joseph was born on August 21, 1947 in Ponca City, Oklahoma, United States. Son of David William and Louise Graham (Johnson) Jacobus.
University of Houston (Bachelor of Science 1970. Juris Doctor, 1973).
Worked at Jacobus & Melamed, Limited liability partnership Admitted to the bar, 1973, Texas. Recipient: Outstanding Real Estate Instructor in Texas, Texas Real Estate Teachers Association, 1986.
Real Estate Educator of the Year, Real Estate Educators Association, 1986. Teacher of the Year, Richland College, 1989.
Listed in: Who"s Who in American Law, 1987-1995.
Who"s Who in the World, 1987-1995. The Best Lawyers in America, 1995-1996. Author: "Texas Real Estate Law," Sixth Edition, Prentice-Hall, Incorporated., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1992.
"Real Estate Law," national in scope, Prentice-Hall, Incorporated., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1986.
"Real Estate Principles," 6th Edition, Prentice-Hall, 1993. "Real EstateAn Introduction to the Profession," 6th Edition, Prentice-Hall, 1993.
"Georgia Real Estate, an Introduction to the Profession," Prentice-Hall, Incorporated., 1995. Company-Author: "Ohio Real Estate," Second Edition, Prentice-Hall, Incorporated.
1990; "Texas Real Estate," Fifth Edition, Prentice-Hall, 1991.
"Texas Title Insurance," Professional Education Systems, Incorporated. "California Real Estate," Prentice-Hall, Incorporated., 1989. "Third Annual Joint Venture in Real Estate," (1983) Law Journal Seminars-Press, Incorporated.
"Texas Real Estate Brokerage and the Law of Agency," Sterling Publishing, 1995.
"Building Blocks of a Commercial Real Estate Transaction," State Bar of Texas, 1992. "Powers of Attorney," Texas Land Title Association and Saint Mary"s School of Law, December, 1993.
State Bar of Texas Advanced Real Estate Law Courses, "Estates and Interests in Real Property," 1984. "Basics of Homestead," 1985.
Real Estate Brokerage-Conflicts and Lie Abilities, 1986.
Warranties of Habitability/Suitability," 1988. "Homestead Update," 1989, 1992. "There"s a Fight Going on Here!" Partitioning Real Property: Non-Conveyances, Owelty, Divorces and Other Fun Topics," July, 1993.
"Homestead Issues," 1994.
Texas Mortgage Lending Institute, 1986. "Real Estate Law," Prentice Hall, Incorporated., 1986.
State Bar of Texas Advanced Real Estate Law Course, Residential Construction Contracts, 1992. Using and Revising TREC Forms, 1993.
Advertising and Marketing Your Real Estate Practice.
Lawyer Advertising and Marketing Rules. Electronic Advertising. Lender"s Who Require That You Participate in Their Newsletters, Etc., 1995.
Houston Bar Association: Real Estate Agency, Duties of Care and Blind Trusts (1984) Real Estate Section Luncheon Program.
Seminars: Do you or don"t you insure a 50-story homestead, given four times a year in Texas, 1984. "Foreclosings-not four closings," given four times a year in Texas, 1985.
"Homesteads and Community Property," Texas Land Title Association School, 1985, 1990, 1992. Advanced Ethics 1986,1987, Texas Land Title Association School.
Legislative Update, four times a year in Texas, 1987.
Foreclosures and Bankruptcy, four times a year in Texas, 1988,1989, 1990. Entities and HomesteadsTexas Land Title Association School, 1988. New Form Owner"s Policies of Title InsuranceNew Texas Title Policy Forms, Austin, Texas, September, 1991.
Conveyancing, Texas Land Title Institute, 1991.
Homestead IssuesTexas Land Institute, December, 1992. Homestead Issues, Texas Land Title Association Regional Seminar, January, 1994.
Homestead Liens, Oil, Gas & Minerals, March, 1994, 1995. Homestead-Divorce Liens, Land Title School of Texas, March 1994, March 1995.
Real Estate Educators Association National Conference: Antitrust Laws Affecting Real Estate, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1983.
Real Estate Broker Liability, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1984. Hot Legal Topics, Chicago, Illinois, 1987. Hot Legal Topics, Houston, Texas, 1988.
Contracts, San Diego, California, 1989.
Legal Update, Orlando, Florida, 1991, San Diego, 1992. Law Update,Chicago, Illinois, 1993, Law Update, Saco, Maine, 1994.
Law Update. Louisville, Kentucky, 1995.
Senior Vice President, Charter Title Company, Houston. Board of Directors: American Land Development Association, 1982.
Tax Increment Finance District, Bellaire, Texas. Chairman, Planning and Zoning Commission, Bellaire, Texas.
Advisory Committee, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College of Architecture, Department of Urban and Regional Planning.
Bellaire/Southwest Houston Business Citizen Award, 1989. Leader, (1st Association Scout Master) to the World Boy Scout Jamboree, Netherlands, 1995. Member: Houston (Chairman, Real Estate Section, 1987-1988) and American Bar Associations (Chairman, Committee on Brokers and Brokerage, 1988-1993.
Media-Books Products Editorial Board for the Publications Planning and Marketing Communications Division.
Committee on the Drug Crisis. State Bar of Texas; Houston Real Estate Lawyer"s Council.
American College of Real Estate Lawyers (Chairman, Committee on Broker Relations. Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee).
National Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives (Vice-president Houston Chapter, 1983).
Texas Real Estate Educators Association (President, 1987-1988). Texas Land Title Association (Chairman, Texas Forms Manual Review Committee). (Board Certified, Residential and Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization).
Member American Bar Association (acquisitions editor books and pubs.com., chairman brokers and brokerage committee 1986-1993), Houston Bar Association (chairman real estate section 1987-1988), University Texas Mortgage Lending Institute (faculty), American College Real Estate Lawyers, Houston Real Estate Lawyers Council, Real Estate Educator"s Association (president 1987-1988), Texas Land Title Association (chairman forms manual committee, TREC earnest money contract task force), U. Houston Law Alumni Association, (board directors), National Association Corporation Real Estate Executives (chapter vice president), American Land Development Association (board directors), Bellaire/Southwest Houston Chamber of Commerce C. (Outstanding Businessman of Year 1990), Real Estate Educator of Year 1986 (Outstanding Real Estate Educator in Texas 1986), International Wine and Food Society (host Houston chapter 1993-1994), Universal Order Knights of Vine (master barrister Houston chapter), Les Amisd"Escoffier, Amici della Vite.
Married Heather Jeanne Jones, June 6, 1970. Children: Mary Helen, Charles J. Junior.