Background
Jacobsen, James P. was born on June 13, 1955 in Portuguese Angeles, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Jacobsen, James P. was born on June 13, 1955 in Portuguese Angeles, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Western Washington University (Bachelor of Science, 1979). University of Oregon School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1986).
United States v. Central Gulf Lincolnshire, Incorporated., 974 F.2d 621 (5th Circuit 1992), certified denied, 113 South.Ct. 1274 (1993); United States Fire Insurance. Company v. Allied Towing, et al., 966 F.2d 820 (4th Circuit 1992); Avondale, Incorporated. v. International Marines Carriers, et al., 1992 A.M.C. 2260 (East.D. Louisiana. 1992) aff"d in part, rev"d in part, 15 F.3d 489 (5th Circuit 1994); Remolcadores De Malaga, Société Anonyme v. United States, 1992 A.M.C. 14 (East.D. Louisiana. 1990); Robinson v. Cooper/T. Smith Corporation, 1989 A.M.C. 2658 (East.D. Louisiana. 1989).Worked at James P. Jacobsen (Seattle, Washington) specializing in Jones Acting, Maritime Personal Injury Law, Employment Discrimination Law, General Torts, Federal Tort Claims Acting. Admitted to the bar, 1986 Washington. 1995, Alaska.
Order of the Coif.
Law Clerk, Honorable Robert C. Belloni, United States.
District Court Judge, District of Oregon, 1986-1988. Admiralty Trial Attorney, Attorney General"s Honors Program, United States.
Department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia, 1988-1992. Former Member, Inlandboatmen"s Union of the Pacific and Alaska Fishermen"s Union.
Engaged in private practice in Seattle since 1992 successfully representing exclusively plaintiffs.
Prior to law school employed as a longshoreman, as a deck hand and mate on Alaska fishing vessels, and as an Able Bodied Seaman aboard tug boats in Puget Sound and the Gulf of Mexico.