Jon Andrew Jacobson - West Palm Beach, FL

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, 1998
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • New York University, New York, 1991
    M.A.
    Major: French Literature
  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1990
    B.A.
    Major: Creative Writing
    Major: French

Current Employment Position(s)

• Founder and Managing Partner

Past Positions

• Phillips Andover Academy, Teaching Assistant, - 1990
• Bilingual USA, Teacher, 1992 - 1994
• State of Maryland, International Division, Department of International Business Development, State Intern, 1991 - 1992
• The Hearst Corporation, Hearst Magazine Division, Motor Boating & Sailing, New York, Assistant Editor, 1992 - 1994
• Banque Paribas, Paribas Capital Markets (New York and London), International Equity Lending, Trader, 1994 - 1995
• Bilingual USA, Teacher, - 1990

Languages

• Esperanto

• French

• Spanish

Representative Clients

•  FINRA

• NASD

• SEC

• CFTC

• NYSE

• NFA

• AAA

• JAMS 

Published Works

Articles

• Author, “Ninth Circuit Reverses Securities Fraud Conviction Based on Admission of Prior Complaint”, Sept. 14, 2012
  
• Author, “FINRA’s New Know Your Customer and Suitability Rules” , July 11, 2012
  
• Author, “Florida Increases Penalties for Unregistered Securities Sales,”, Apr. 13, 2012
  
• Co-Author, “Does Your Firm’s Standard Lien Language Create a Possibility That Your Customer’s IRAs May Lose Their Exempt Status and Protection from Third-Party Creditors?”, Feb. 27, 2012
  
• Co-Author, "Respect Your Elders: A Survey of the Rules and Laws that Apply to Claims Brought by Senior Investors,", 1686 PLI/Corp 265, Aug. 6, 2008
  
• Co-Author, "Appellate Review of Arbitration Decisions,", Vol. 40, No. 16 Rev. Secs. & Comm. Reg. 185, Sept. 19, 2007
• Co-Author, "What Happens in Arbitration, Stays in Arbitration,", 1615 PLI/Corp. 749, Aug. 8, 2007
• Co-Author, "Less Than Zero: The Evidentiary Value of Research Analyst Settlements,", 1440 PLI/Corp. 619, Aug. 11, 2004
• Author, "Your Place or Mine: The Enforceability of Choice-of-Law/Forum Clauses in International Contracts,", 8 Duke J. Comp. & Int'l. L. 469, Spring, 1998
• Co-Author, "Punitive Damages in Arbitration: An Undue Process,", 958 PLI/Corp. 599, Sept.-Oct., 1996

Bar Admissions

• Florida
• Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida