Background
Jacobs, Leslie William was born on December 5, 1944 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Leslie Wilson and Louise Frances (Walker) Jacobs.
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Leslie William Jacobs
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Northwestern University (Bachelor of Science, 1965). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, 1968). Member, Board of Editors: Corporate Counsel’s International Advisor, since 1985.
President, Ohio State Bar Association, 1986-1987.
Special Counsel, Attorney General of the State of Ohio, since 1988.
Career
Worked at Thompson Hine & Flory Limited Liability Partnership (Brussels. Also Cleveland, Ohio) specializing in Antitrust, International, Trade Regulation, Business Torts, Government Regulation, Complex Litigation, White Collar Criminal Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1968, Ohio.
1980, District of Columbia.
1971, United States. Supreme Court. 1996, Belgium (Membre Associé - Barreau de Bruxelles).
Recipient, Ohio Bar Medal, 1990. Member, Board of Editors: Corporate Counsel"s International Advisor, 1985.
Guide to the International Sale of Goods Convention, 1991.
Author: "Making Global Deals: The Art of International Business Negotiation," 5 International"l Quarterly 1 (1993); "International Distribution and Franchising," 7 International"l Quarterly 302 (1995). Chairman, Economics America, 1990-1994.
President, Ohio State Bar Association, 1986-1987.
State Delegate and Member of American Bar Association Nominating Committee, 1995. Officer, American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, 1991.
Member, American Bar Association House of Delegates, 1986. Member, Ohio Board of Bar Examiners, 1990-1995.
Member: American Law Institute, 1986.
National Conference of Bar Presidents, 1985. Life Member, Judicial Conference of the Eighth Judicial District (Ohio). Life Fellow: Ohio State Bar Foundation, American Bar Foundation.
Member, International Bar Association.
(Also in Cleveland, Ohio).
Achievements
Membership
Chairman Cleveland Center Economics Education, 1990-1993. Member visiting committee Case Western Reserve U. School Law, 1985-1991. Member Leadership Cleveland, 1988.
Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1967-1979. Fellow American Bar Foundation (life), Ohio State Bar Foundation (life, trustee 1985-1987, Ritter award 1997). Member American Bar Association (house delegations since 1986, antitrust law section county 1985-1988, officer 1991-1997, state delegate since 1995, nominating committee since 1995), Ohio State Bar Association (president 1987, Ohio Bar medal 1990), Cleveland Bar Association (chairman judicial selection committee 1982, trustee 1983-1985), American Law Institute, National Conference Bar President, International Club (Washington), HarvardClub (New York City), Chagrin Valley Hunt Club, Union Club (Cleveland), Castalia Trout Club.
Connections
Married Laurie Hutchinson, July 12, 1962. Children— Leslie James, Andrew Wilson, Walker Fulton.
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Republican
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1971