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Edward J. Jacobs

Edward Jacobs focuses his practice on complex and multidistrict commercial litigation, securities litigation, corporate internal investigations, governmental investigations, white collar regulatory matters, bankruptcy litigation, export controls and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

Mr. Jacobs is currently assisting the SIPA Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC in several litigations to recover funds stolen through the massive Madoff Ponzi scheme. In addition, Mr. Jacobs is a member of Baker Hostetler’s internal Discovery and Litigation Support Team, which oversees discovery issues (including ESI).

Some of Mr. Jacobs’ past representative matters include representation of a major aluminum can sheet producer in several long-term supply contract disputes; a major Wall Street law firm in In re Enron Securities Litigation; an underwriting syndicate in In re Global Crossing Securities Litigation; a major Wall Street bank in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Research Analyst Conflicts of Interest investigation; and an oil and gas valve producer for FCPA compliance and due diligence in its global acquisitions.

Mr. Jacobs has an active pro bono practice, which has included the successful representation of several individuals in asylum proceedings on the basis of sexual orientation and HIV status in U.S. Immigration Court. Mr. Jacobs also submitted an amici brief to the New York Court of Appeals in support of marriage equality on behalf a diverse coalition of religious communities and clergy throughout the state. Most recently, Mr. Jacobs represented the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law by filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of employees’ anti-discrimination rights in Straub v. Proctor Hospital, where the plaintiff alleged he was improperly discharged from his job due to his National Guard service in violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).

Prior to joining Baker Hostetler, Mr. Jacobs worked in the New York office of a major U.S. law firm.