Resume

Education

Juris Doctor, 1987
J. Reuben Clark Law School
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

(Merit Scholarship 1984 – 1987; Note and Comment Editor, BYU Journal of Public Law, 1986 – 1987; Chair, Natural Resources Law Forum, 1986 – 1987)

Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) English, 1984
Cum Laude
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

(Hinckley Scholar, 1982-1983; Presidential Scholar 1977 – 1978; Phi Eta Sigma 1977 – 1978; Phi Kappa Phi)

Employment

Associate Attorney, Salisch and Salisch (1987 – 1988)
Fresno, California

Litigation and Transactional work on Business, Real Estate, Agricultural and Employment Law matters

Associate Attorney, Burnhill, Morehouse, Burford, Schofield and Schiller (1988 – 1989)
Walnut Creek, California

Insurance Defense and Plaintiffs litigation of personal Injury, Business and Real Estate cases

Attorney, Boornazian, Jensen & Garthe (1989 – 1991)
Walnut Creek, California

Insurance Defense litigation of Construction Defect cases

Attorney, Morgan, Miller and Blair (1989 – 1995)
Walnut Creek, California

Plaintiff and Defense litigation of Real Estate, Business and Construction cases

Law Office of Robert B. Jacobs (1995 – 2023)
Livermore, California

Plaintiff, Defense and Transactional work on Business, Real Estate and Construction matters

Associate Area Legal Counsel, Africa West Area (2022 – 2023)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Accra, Ghana

Supervision and management of all legal work involved in all real estate acquisitions and most of the real estate litigation in seventeen West African nations a large, nonprofit multinational religious organization which is experiencing active growth conditions

Robert Jacobs, Mediator | Arbitrator (2016 – present)
Livermore, California

Mediation and Binding Arbitration of Real Estate, Business, Construction, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Probate & Trust Litigation cases

Professional Appointments

Mediator, California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, mediation panel (2021)
Chair, Contra Costa County Bar Association ADR section (2020); Director (2018 – 2021)
Co-Chair, Alameda County Bar Association ADR Executive Committee (2020); member (2018 – 2020)
Committee Member, Alameda County Superior Court ADR Administrative Committee (2021)
Mediator, Contra Costa County Superior Court mediation panel (2018 – present)
Mediator, Alameda County Superior Court Day of Trial mediation panel (2016 – present)
Mediator, Santa Clara County Superior Court mediation panel (2018 – present)
Mediator, Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF) mediation panel (2017 – 2022)
Mediator, California Association of Realtors mediation panel (2017 – 2022)
Mediator, California Lawyers for the Arts mediation panel (2017 – present)
Director, Eastern Alameda County Bar Association (1995 – 1996)
President, Tri-Valley Estate Planning Council (2017- 2018); Director (2016 – 2017, 2018 – 2019)

Published Opinion

Dieden v. Schmidt (2002) 104 Cal. App. 4th 645

Published Treatise

Update Author, CEB (Continuing Education of the Bar) California Real Property Remedies and Damages (2018 – 2020)
Co-Author, CEB (Continuing Education of the Bar) Practitioner (Real Property Litigation) (2021)