Joseph James Jacobs

Background

Jacobs, Joseph James was born on March 18, 1925 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Arrived in United States, 1925. Son of Sidney and Hildred Veronica (Greenberg) Jacobs.

Education

Juris Doctor, Tulane University, 1950.

Career

Bar: Louisiana 1950, New York 1951, United States District Court (southern district) New York 1953, United States Court Military Appeals 1953, United States Court 2nd District Court of Appea circuit) 1977, United States Court Appeals (District of Columbia circuit) 1980. Association Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York City, 1950-1953. Assistant general counsel, assistant to president American Broadcasting Company.

New York City, 1954-1960.

General attorney Metromedia, Incorporated., New York City, 1960-1961. Director program and talent negotiations United Artists television, Incorporated., 1961-1966.

Attorney United Artists Corporation, New York City, 1966-1969. Vice president, counsel United Artists Broadcasting, Incorporated., New York City, 1969-1971.

General attorney International Telephone And Telegraph World Communications Incorporated., New York City, 1972-1974.

Vice president, legal director International Telephone And Telegraph Communications Operations and Information Services Group (formerly United States Telephone & Telegraph Corporation), New York City and Secaucus, New Jersey, 1974-1983, International Telephone And Telegraph Communications and Information Services, Incorporated., Secaucus, 1983-1987. Vice president, general counsel United States Transmission Systems, Incorporated., Secaucus, 1984-1987, International Telephone And Telegraph World Communications Incorporated., Secaucus, 1984-1987. Of counsel Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweathr & Geraldson, New York City, 1988-1989.

Vice president, general counsel Graphic Scanning Corporation, Englewood, New Jersey, 1989-1991.

Vice president, general counsel Ram/Biosystems Engineering, L.P., Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1992. Private practice, Wainscott, New York, 1992-1995.

Board editors Tulane Law Review, 1949, assistant editor-in-chief, 1950. Consultant 1996.

Achievements

• Joseph James Jacobs has been listed as a reputable lawyer, communications company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with parachute infantry United States Army, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations, Pacific Theater of Operations, to major United States Air Force Reserve retired. Member Association Bar City of New York, Federal Bar Association, Order of Coif.

Connections

Married Carole Evelyn Bent, January 22, 1946 (divorced 1972). Married Edna Mae Meincke, January 5, 1973. Children: Carole Lynn Urgenson, Joseph James III.

Father:

Sidney Jacobs

Mother:

Hildred Veronica (Greenberg) Jacobs

Spouse:

Carole Evelyn Bent

Spouse:

Edna Mae Meincke

child:

Joseph James III Jacobs

child:

Carole Lynn Urgenson Jacobs