JACOBSON & ASSOCIATES - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Principal
• Member of the California Board of Accountancy

Mr. Jacobson is a Member of the California Board of Accountancy, the Board that licenses, polices, and regulates all of California's CPAs and CPA firms. He was appointed to the "CBA" by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon. Mr. Jacobson is able to use his sound business-attorney knowledge and judgment in this post, to regulate the accountancy profession. Although Mr. Jacobson has been a full-time attorney for all of his career, for almost all of his career he has also taught law in the evenings and on weekends as an Adjunct Professor of Law. Mr. Jacobson believes that society benefits when new generations of lawyers are well-educated. After teaching at a few different schools, in 1997 Mr. Jacobson found his academic home at Pacific West College of Law. He was on the Adjunct faculty from 1997 until April of 2023, when the school closed its doors. Jacobson, 01/07/20 Consumer Protection Policy Center blog, Fairness and the Rule of Law for Accountants, https://sites.sandiego.edu/cpil-blog/2020/07/01/fairness-and-the-rule-of-law-for-accountants/. An examination of the then rule of passion overriding the rule of law at the California Board of Accountancy. Jacobson "The Armstrong Election - A Misnomer With a Powerful Purpose" Orange County Lawyer 09/11 Vol. 53, No. 9, Page 16; LEXIS citation: 53 Orange County Lawyer 16. An analysis of the California law that prohibits "stacking" of insurance deductibles in progressively deteriorating damages cases and allows an insured in such cases to elect which deductible it will pay. Jacobson "The Legislature has to Change the Delegate Selection Process" 02/01/08 The San Francisco Daily Journal and The Los Angeles Daily Journal. An analysis of the Electoral College clause of the U.S. Constitution and its proscription against any body other than a state's Legislature changing the manner in which that state selects electors to the Electoral College. Jacobson "Insurer Learns It Can't Wiggle Out of Its Duty to Defend" 09/29/06 The San Francisco Daily Journal and The Los Angeles Daily Journal. An analysis of Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. The Spectrum Community Association, an insurance coverage case that dealt with many issues that arise in the construction defect context. Jacobson "Courts Differ Over Who Can Sue for Construction Defects" 7/8/04 The Daily Journal page 7. An analysis of the differing views amongst California's Courts of Appeal Regarding the accrual in tort of a construction defect action. Jacobson "Burden of Proof, Producing Evidence Have Distinct Roles" 3/10/04 The Daily Journal page 7. An analysis of California evidence law related to the rules and effect of the dual burdens of proof and of producing evidence. Jacobson "To Answer the Question . . . or Not?" 6/02 Orange County Lawyer page 32. An analysis of the law governing the behavior of counsel and parties at depositions. Dan Jacobson, the principal of the firm is not only an attorney, but is also a long-time Contracts Law Professor. His scholarly articles have been widely published in California's leading legal journals. Mr. Jacobson's in-depth scholarly legal studies have given him a unique and deep understanding of California law, which puts him head and shoulders above other lawyers in his field.

Job Titles:

• Member of the California State Bar