Andrew Jacobs appointed Chair of the State Bar of Arizona Civil Practice and Procedure Committee

By: Snell & Wilmer
 
TUCSON, Ariz. - Sept. 10, 2014 - PRLog -- Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that Tucson partner Andrew Jacobs was recently appointed as the 2014 - 2015 Chair of the State Bar of Arizona Civil Practice and Procedure Committee. Jacobs is the first attorney residing outside of Maricopa County to be appointed Chair of the Committee in several decades.

The State Bar of Arizona has standing and ad hoc committees to advise and serve the State Bar by overseeing programs, addressing current issues, and making recommendations about legal services and the administration of justice. The mission of the Civil Practice and Procedure Committee is to study and make recommendations on proposals and/or issues involving the various rules impacting civil practice as submitted by the Bar or third parties. In addition, it prepares petitions seeking amendments to rules and comments upon third-party petitions to amend rules, as is deemed necessary.

At Snell & Wilmer, Jacobs’ practice is concentrated in trial and appellate litigation including contract, financial services, probate, professional responsibility, debtor/creditor and civil rights matters. He has argued appeals before the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, the Seventh Circuit, the Ninth Circuit, the Nevada Supreme Court and the Arizona Court of Appeals, and is the chair of the Firm’s appellate practice subgroup.  He has also tried cases in Tucson, Bisbee, Phoenix, and Chicago.

Among his professional pursuits, Jacobs is a member of the Arizona Judicial Performance Review Commission, has coordinated the Ninth Circuit’s pro bono program from 2007 to the present in Arizona and Nevada, was the Chair of the Ninth Circuit’s Lawyer Representatives in 2011-2012, and founded and coordinated the District of Arizona’s pro bono program from 2007 to 2014.  He also previously taught both Legal Writing and Civil Rights at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.

About Snell & Wilmer

Founded in 1938, Snell & Wilmer is a full-service business law firm with more than 400 attorneys practicing in nine locations throughout the western United States and in Mexico, including Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona; Los Angeles and Orange County, California; Denver, Colorado; Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Los Cabos, Mexico. The firm represents clients ranging from large, publicly traded corporations to small businesses, individuals and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit www.swlaw.com.

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