Background
Jacobson, Miriam Nachamah was born on February 25, 1941 in Westfield, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Bernard and Rose (Heller) Jacobson.
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Miriam Nachamah Jacobson
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor summa cum laude, CUNY, 1975; Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1978.
Career
Associate, Mesirov, Gelman, Jaffe, et al, Philadelphia, 1978-1982; associate, Cohen, Shapiro, Polisher, et al, Philadelphia, 1983; vice president, associate counsel, Fidelity Bank (National Association), Philadelphia, 1984-1987; principal, Law Offices of Miriam N. Jacobson, Philadelphia, since 1987.
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Membership
Co-founder, treasurer Lawyers Committee for Reproductive Rights, Philadelphia, since 1981. Board directors Yale Law School Fund, New Haven, Connecticut. Active National Abortion Rights Action League, Planned Parenthood.
Member American Bar Association, American Civil Liberties Union, National Organization for Women, National Association Women Lawyers (board directors, treasurer-elect), National Women's Political Caucus, National Association Women Business Owners, Pennsylvania BarAssn., New Jersey Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association (real property, probate and banking section), Executives Association Philadelphia, Inc. (vice president), Women Real Estate Attorneys (organizer, coordinator since 1979).
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Married S. David Scher, April 23, 1978.
