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Kevin Jacobs

Work Department

Litigation

Position

Partner

Section Chair – Litigation (Firmwide)

Career

Kevin Jacobs’ trial practice focuses on commercial disputes and arbitrations for clients in the energy, chemicals, transportation, and life sciences industries. Mr. Jacobs’ work in the energy space has included renewables, power, mid-stream, and downstream disputes before courts, regulatory bodies, and arbitration panels. He has tried over twenty lawsuits, arbitrations, and regulatory proceedings to decision, including eleven jury trials, in five different states. His trial practice is centered on his talent for effectively conveying his clients’ stories to juries, judges, and arbitrators. His cases have involved a broad range of claims, including breach of contract, trade secret misappropriation, fraud, environmental, construction, product liability, premises liability, and other business torts.

Memberships

State Bar of Texas

United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Tenth Circuits

United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas

United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Texas Bar Foundation

Houston Bar Association

Houston Bar Foundation

Education

J.D., The University of Texas School of Law 1999
with honors
Order of the Coif
Associate Editor, Texas Law Review

B.A., Mathematics, The University of Texas 1996
with high honors
Phi Beta Kappa

Leisure

When not practicing law, he enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, especially on the Little League fields.