Background
Jacobson, Nels was born on March 17, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Nels Jacobson
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John Brown University (Bachelor of Arts, 1975). University of Houston (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1995).
Career
Worked at King & Ballow (Nashville, Tennessee) specializing in General Practice, Trials in State and Federal Courts, Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Communications, Construction, Consumer Protection, Copyright and Trademark, Corporate, Defamation, Distribution, Entertainment, Equal Employment Opportunity, Estate Planning, First Amendment, Intellectual Property, Labor Relations, Libel, Municipal, Pension, Probate and Real Estate, Products Liability, Securities, State and Federal Taxation Law and Transportation. Admitted to the bar, 1995, Texas. 1996, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1997, Tennessee.
Member, Order of the Coif.
Order of the Barons. Administrative Editor, Houston Law Review, 1994-1995. Author: "Faith, Hope & Parody: Campbell v.
Acuff-Rose, Oh, Pretty Woman and Parodists" Rights," 31 Houston Law Review 955 (1994). "Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp Ba Bomp Ba Bomp?) A Question of Authorship, Copyright and Digital Sampling," National Second Prize, 1994 Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition, (publication forthcoming).
Law Clerk to the Honorable Carolyn Doctorate. King, Circuit Judge for the United States.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1995-1996. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section). King & Ballow has a diverse national practice encompassing broad areas of the law.
The firm represents corporate clients in all 50 states, in industries including transportation, banking, manufacturing, health care, finance, air travel, hospitality, publishing, printing, entertainment and local government.
While King & Ballow is best known for its litigation and labor/employment law practice, the firm has an extensive media practice, representing more than 300 daily newspapers and over 100 radio and television stations. The firm also represents many professional corporations and individuals.
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Member, Order of the Coif. Order of the Barons. Administrative Editor, Houston Law Review, 1994-1995.
