Background
Jacob, Edwin J. was born on August 25, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of A. Aubrey and Estelle R. (Vesell) Jacob.
Jacob, Edwin J. was born on August 25, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of A. Aubrey and Estelle R. (Vesell) Jacob.
AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1948. Juris Doctor cum laude, Harvard University, 1951.
Worked at Jacob, Medinger & Finnegan, Limited Liability Partnership. Admitted to the bar, 1951, New York, United States. Supreme Court, United States.
District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and United States. Court of Appeals, Second, Eighth and Tenth Circuits.
Author: "Of Causation in Science and Law: Consequences of the Erosion of Safeguards," The Business Lawyer, Volume 40, Number.
4, P. 1229, August, 1985. "Environmental Liability and the Tort System - A Response," Houston Law Review, Volume 24, Number. 1, p. 58, January, 1987.
Member, Board of Advisors, Institute for Health Policy Analysis, Georgetown University, 1987-1990.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York American Law Institute.
American Judicature Society.
Member national board Association Reformed Zionists American, 1991-1997. Trustee Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, since 1991, president, 1994-1996. With United States Navy, 1945-1946.
Member American Law Institute, American Judicature Society, Association Bar City New York.
Married Constance Dorfman, June 15, 1948. Children— Louise B., Beth D., Ellen P.