Jay C. Jacobson – Special Counsel

EDUCATION

Juris Doctor: Arizona State University College of Law, 1996. Top 5% (#6/136), Magna Cum Laude, Order of Coif, Note/Comment Editor of the Ariz. State Law Journal, and Legal Writing Instructor.

Bachelor of Science in Accounting: Arizona State University College of Business, 1992. Magna Cum Laude.

BAR ADMISSIONS

State Bars of Arizona (1996) and Colorado (2005); United States District Court for the District of Arizona (1996); 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (2000); United States District Court for the District of Colorado (2021).

DISTINCTIONS

Order of Coif; Passed CPA exam (CO, 1993); and counsel of record in the following published cases: Del Valle v. Cal. Cas. Indem. Exch., 525 P.3d 689 (Colo. Ct. App. 2022); Calpine Const. Fin. Co. v. Ariz. Dep’t of Rev., 211 P.3d 1228 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2009); Citizens Telecomm. v. Ariz. Dep’t of Rev., 75 P.3d 123 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2003); Taylor v. Travelers,9 P.3d 1049 (Ariz. 2000).

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Colorado State Bar; Colorado Bar Association; El Paso County Bar Association; Colorado Defense Lawyers Association; Arizona State Bar.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS

(1) Accountant-Client Privilege: The Colorado CPA’s Duty of Confidentiality, NewsAccount, CO Society of CPAs, Nov./Dec. 2021; (2) Removal to Federal Court, Liberty Mutual Insurance, August 8, 2019, Phoenix, AZ; (3) New AZ Rules of Civil Procedure, Liberty Mutual Insurance, June 22, 2018, Phoenix, AZ; (4) Contract Claims in an Insurance Defense Practice, Liberty Mutual Insurance, January 30, 2018, Phoenix, AZ; (5) The Tripartite Relationship, Liberty Mutual Insurance, November 7, 2017, Phoenix, AZ; (6) Affirmative Defenses, Liberty Mutual Insurance, July 19, 2017, Phoenix, AZ; (7) Changes to the AZ Rules of Civil Procedure, Liberty Mutual Insurance, December 6, 2016; (8) Easements, Lorman Seminars, November 6, 2013, Phoenix, AZ; (9) Property Taxes, Ariz. Dep’t of Rev. Conference, August 30, 2012, Flagstaff, AZ; (10) Construction Defects, Half Moon Seminars, January 27, 2010, Phoenix, AZ; (11) Easements, Lorman Seminars, August 26, 2008, Phoenix, AZ; (12) Construction Law, Half Moon Seminars, April 3, 2008, Phoenix, AZ; (13) Easements, Lorman Seminars, August 23, 2007, Phoenix, AZ; (14) Legal and Ethical Issues for Accountants, Half Moon Seminars, February 23, 2006, Phoenix, AZ; (15) Business Contracts, Yavapai County Contractors Ass’n, February 15, 2005, Prescott, AZ; (16) Property Taxes, Ariz. Dep’t of Rev. Conference, September 19, 2003, Flagstaff, AZ.

FOCUS OF PRACTICE

Mr. Jacobson’s practice has focused on commercial and civil litigation, construction, appeals, insurance defense, product liability, premises liability, personal injury, and professional liability. Mr. Jacobson has experience representing licensed professionals in claims, including CPAs, design professionals, contractors, real estate and insurance professionals, and attorneys.