Who We Are

Neil I. Jacobs

Globe - Contact us today in New York City for attorney services in business and corporate law, including intellectual property law, nonprofit associations, and real estate law.EDUCATION

  • Undergraduate:
    Binghamton University, BA 1980
    Graduated with Highest Honors - GPA - 3.74
  • Law:
    Brooklyn Law School, JD, 1983 (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1976-1978)
    Moot Court Honor Society, American Jurisprudence Award - Evidence, Securities Law Moot Court Team
  • Postgraduate:
    Certificate, Harvard Law School Project on Negotiation, Advanced Negotiation Seminar, 2005, Certificate, Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Brazil, “Law of Information Technology,” 2003 (Honors)
    Diploma, College of Law of England and Wales, “International Business Organisations,” 2003, “International Mergers and Acquisitions," 2004

PROFESSORSHIP

  • Adjunct Professor, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 2002– present. Area of teaching: international business.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Managing Editor, The Legal InfoSociety News Kiosk, Luxembourg, 2002– present
  • Articles “Joint Ventures with U.S. Nonprofits,” International Business Law Bulletin, November-December 2003; “Letters of Intent - To Sign or Not” (9/23/2002); “Those Nasty Little Non-Disclosure Agreements” (10/7/2002); “Intellectual Property - Intangible Yet Very Real” (11/4/2002); “Don’t Forget Due Diligence” (12/23/2002); “You’re Starting a New Business - Now What?” (5/5/2003 and 6/2/203)— all in the Hudson Valley Business Journal. “The VARIG-TAM Merger - an Ending or a Beginning?” News Bulletin of the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, July/August, 2003; “Joint Ventures with Nonprofits,” International Business Law Bulletin, November/December, 2003.

OTHER HONORS

  • Judge, National Business Plan Competition for Non-Profits, 2003 (under the aegis of the Yale School of Management and the Goldman Sachs Foundation)
  • Judge, Lee Kwan Yew International Business Plan Competition, Singapore Management University (in conjunction with the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania)

MEDIA APPEARANCES

  • The New York Times (quotation), January 11, 2004
  • Israel Defense Forces Radio, May 1993 (in Hebrew)
  • The McCreary Report, WYNY-TV, NYC, 1996

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

  • Copland House - General Counsel, Treasurer, Trustee 1999-Present
  • North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry
    • General Counsel and Trustee 1993-Present
    • President 1993-1996
  • Volunteer Lawyer - Amnesty International, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts

BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

  • International Bar Association (Member, Section on Business Law)
  • Center for International Legal Studies (Austria) (Member, College of Fellows)
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Committee on IP Practice in Latin America)
  • Copyright Society of the USA
  • Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  • Westchester County, Putnam County, and Dutchess County Bar Associations
  • The Federalist Society

BUSINESS ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

  • Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce
  • Israel-America Chamber of Commerce
  • Hudson Valley International Trade Association

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • Hebrew
  • French
  • Portuguese

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Also - Of Counsel to Jacobs & Associates, Washington, DC (not admitted in DC), Joseph J. Haspel PLLC, Goshen, NY, and Steinbach & Associates, Hackensack, NJ (not admitted in NJ).

BAR ADMISSIONS

  • New York, 1984
  • Federal Courts, S.D.N.Y., and E.D.N.Y., 2001
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