Curriculum Vitae
Lawrence H. Jacobson
Lawrence H. Jacobson received his Bachelor’s degree in political science in 1964 from U.C.L.A and his Juris Doctorate in 1967 from the U.C.L.A. School of Law. While at the U.C.L.A. School of Law, Mr. Jacobson was a senior editor of the U.C.L.A. Law Review and graduated as a member of the Order of the Coif. He is a Past President of the Beverly Hills Bar Association. He has served as a judge pro tem for the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Municipal Court Systems as well as having been an adjunct professor of law in the area of real estate secured transactions and administrative law, earning a lifetime Community College Instructor Credential in the area of Law. In his over 47 years of practice, he has extensive experience in real estate and business matters, including business entity formation and restructure, purchase and sale of business, succession planning, purchase, sale, management and refinance of commercial and residential real estate, and tax free exchanges. He has written and lectured extensively on business, real estate and ethics related matters including having taught for the U.S.C. Broker Development Program and Graduate Realtors Institute of the California Association of Realtors, as well as having lectured for the California Continuing Education of the Bar, and is the recipient of the California Continuing Education of the Bar’s 2011 “Spirit of CEB” Award. His article “Brokers Liability for Sale of Defective Homes” was cited with approval by the Appellate Court in the seminal decision of Easton v. Strassburger . He is a contributing author to the California Continuing Education of the Bar two volume treatise “California Real Estate Brokers: Law and Litigation” (winner of the award for outstanding achievement from the Association for Continuing Legal Education) including writing the chapter on “Standard of Care Experts”. He is the former Vice-President of Legal Affairs of the California Association of Realtors, Legal Counsel to the Beverly Hills Board of Realtors, the San Fernando Valley Board of Realtors, and California counsel to an international real estate brokerage firm. He is currently legal counsel to the Newport Beach Association of Realtors and a member of the California State Bar Real Estate Sales and Brokerage Steering Committee, all giving Mr. Jacobson extensive expertise in real estate brokerage custom and practice and all real estate related issues. He has testified numerous times as an expert witness in cases involving the interpretation of real estate documents, real estate and mortgage brokers’ standard of care and legal malpractice involving real estate, corporate finance, merger and acquisition, legal ethics and fee disputes.
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U.C.L.A. LAW SCHOOL – Juris Doctorate 1967 |
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HONORS
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Senior Editor, U.C.L.A. Law Review
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PUBLICATIONS
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“Inverse Condemnation, Foreseeability Abandoned in California,” U.C.L.A. Law Review 871, 1966; * Cited with approval by the Appellate Court in the seminal decision of Easton v. Strassburger, 152 Cal App.3d 90, 199 Cal Rptr 383 (1984) ** Won an award for Outstanding Achievement from the Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA) |
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ADMISSIONS AND
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California State Bar 1968
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TEACHING
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University of San Fernando Valley College of Law, Adjunct Professor of Law |
| FIRM AFFILIATION |
LAWRENCE H. JACOBSON, |
07/04- Present |
| RUBIN & JACOBSON, LLP | 11/02 – 06/04 | |
| LAWRENCE H. JACOBSON, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION |
07/02 – 10/02 | |
| JACOBSON, WHITE, BORDY & LEVEY, LLP (Senior Partner) |
07/94 – 06/02 | |
| SALTZBURG, RAY & BERGMAN (Of Counsel) |
12/91 – 06/94 | |
| KINDEL & ANDERSON (Partner) |
12/88 – 11/91 | |
| FISCHER, KRANE, JACOBSON & KABAT (Principal) |
1975 – 12/88 | |
| CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS (Vice President Legal Affairs) |
1974 – 1975 | |
| FRESHMAN, MARANTZ, COMSKY & DEUTSCH (Associate) |
1970 – 1974 | |
| MCA (Legal Staff) | 1969 – 1970 | |
| MITCHELL, SILBERBERG & KNUPP (Associate) |
1968 – 1969 |