William A. Jacobson is a Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School.
He is a 1981 graduate of Hamilton College and a 1984 graduate of Harvard Law School. At Harvard he was Senior Editor of the Harvard International Law Journal and Director of Litigation for the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project.
Prior to joining the Cornell law faculty in 2007, Professor Jacobson had a highly successful civil litigation and arbitration practice in Providence, Rhode Island, concentrating in investment, employment, and business disputes in the securities industry, including many high profile cases reported in leading newspapers and magazines.
Professor Jacobson has argued cases in numerous federal and state courts, including the Courts of Appeal for the First, Fifth and Sixth Circuits, and the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
Professor Jacobson has a national reputation as a leading practitioner in securities arbitration. He was Treasurer, and is a former member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, a professional organization of attorneys dedicated to protecting public investors. He frequently is quoted in national media on issues related to investment fraud and investor protection, and in the past has served as one of a small number of private practice attorneys who trained new arbitrators for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Professor Jacobson is co-author of the Securities Arbitration Desk Reference (Thomson-Reuters), updated annually.
Professor Jacobson is frequently quoted in the media on political and legal topics, has authored many Op-Eds in major publications, and appears on television and radio to discuss politics and the law.
A more complete listing of Professor Jacobson's professional background is available at the Cornell Law School website. The views expressed here are his own and not those of any employer or organization,
The best way to reach Prof. Jacobson is by e-mail here.
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Need I say more to Barney Frank than Margery Egan says today in The Boston Herald:After 30 years, Barney Frank finally lost my vote.On election night, he lost my respect as well.Frank’s road rage acceptance speech was an out-of-body experience.There was the congressional king of...
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Unlike the rest of the country, my home State of Rhode Island stayed blue, with both congressional seats going to Democrats.Or should I say, my home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations stayed blue.As my readers know, there was a referendum on the ballot yesterday...
Homepage report at Firedoglake on last night's elections. Dems wiped out in the House, serious setbacks in the Senate, Statehouses gone ...
...Update 11-04-2010: The Gail Collins gets the point:O.K., you poor little Democrats. Stop sobbing. Lift up your little liberal heads and shout. There’s gonna be. ... Umm. Harry Reid! There’s gonna be more Harry Reid! --------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...
Well, at least it must have felt that way is you were a Democrat who just two years ago was being told that you were a permanent majority.I'm way too tired to write a well-rounded post with a single meaningful theme, and a beginning, middle...
Welcome to our Live Event, which will run all day and night until results come in from the West Coast.As results and local stories roll in, feel free to post the information. The benefit of this feed is that by tonight we will be an...
This will be a running list of my thoughts this election day:The Era of Big Legislation Is Over. Whether it is a small wave, a tidal wave, or a Tsunami today, the age of Obama-ism is over. Democrats may hang on to one House of...
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Or maybe, The Definitive "They Didn't See It Coming" Tweet; or The Definitive "They Don't Get It" Tweet; or The Definitive "Not Seeing The Forest For The Trees" Tweet. Any other suggestions?You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows:Update: WaPo becomes...
Sorry to interrupt everyone's preparation for the Mother-of-All Elections tomorrow, but I wish to remind you that as you are preparing to vote, the anti-Israel left continues its jihad.As reported by CAMERA, Anti-Israel Agitators Target Leading Music Journal:A guest Op-Ed titled "One American’s Response to the...
In the Spring of 2009 I received a message from an angry Obama supporter who was upset that I continued to blog against the Obama agenda:Mr. Jacobson,You wrote: "While the mainstream media and left-wing blogs constantly tell us that Republicans and conservatives are dead politically,...
The Democrats face a political decapitation tomorrow. Dozens of senior Democratic Party leaders in the House and Senate, and in Statehouses around the country, are likely to lose. Unlike Republicans in 2008, there is no next generation of Democratic leaders. Who are the Democratic Party equivalents of Marco...
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Something I want to focus on after the election.Just thought I'd let you know in advance, so you have something to look forward to.--------------------------------------------Posts Which Are Not Related In Any Way To The Title Of This Post:Greg Sargent Demands, But Doesn't Give, Context for Alaska...
April 29, 2009, shortly after Arlen Specter announced he was switching parties giving Democrats 60 seats in the Senate (pending the seating of Al Franken), when all appeared lost, I wrote:What history shows us is that a liberal, blame-America-first Democratic President, urged on by a...
David Brock, the founder of Media Matters, has a really important demand which requires everyone's immediate attention:Media Matters' Brock challenges Palin to release tapes"Sarah Palin has made serious accusations of journalistic malfeasance. Either Palin accurately described the tapes, or she did not. America's news consumers...
