Helps victims of fraud recover losses from powerful opponents.

Jacob specializes in helping victims of fraud recover losses from powerful opponents. He represents consumers, small businesses, startups, founders, and investors in all manner of disputes involving deceptive business practices, cyber security failures, unfair competition, and privacy violations. For many years, nearly all of his representations have been on a contingency (percent of recovery) or fixed-fee basis. Eschewing hourly payment structures helps him and his clients focus on the actual value of their cases, and improve access to justice.

In his practice, Jacob often represents large groups. These cases can be organized as class actions, mass actions, or cases brought by public entities, such as cities, counties, or Native American tribes. For example, he and his former colleagues at Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP obtained a $230 million recovery for the People of San Francisco in opioid litigation, winning the Daily Journal's "California Lawyers of the Year" award in 2023. In another case brought on behalf of victims of the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill in Santa Barbara, they obtained a $200 million settlement from a large publicly-traded oil company shortly before trial. He also litigated similar cases against other large technology, financial, insurance, oil, and chemical companies.

Jacob enjoys working with clients, experts, and colleagues to learn how different industries function and the conditions that give rise to fraud. He tries to bring a nuanced perspective to that analysis, as an attorney who previously represented large corporations at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP. In privacy and advertising-related litigation, he also draws on his pre-law school experience as a digital media buyer for technology companies and progressive political campaigns.

Jacob grew up in the Bay Area, where he now practices. He and Nick have been friends for 20+ years, going back to their time together on the UC Berkeley debate team. There, at Cal, Jacob led the debate team to the #1 national ranking in America. In his spare time, he enjoys cycling, hot yoga, and traveling.