With more than 25 years of experience managing high-profile, complex civil litigations and regulatory investigations, Ted Jacobs specializes in executing long-term discovery negotiation and planning strategies. Ted advises clients on e-Discovery best practices and emerging technologies and trends, including the defensible and efficient use of advanced predictive and generative AI tools and methodologies.
As the co-leader of BakerHostetler’s Chambers-ranked e-Discovery Advocacy and Management (EDAM) team, Ted leads a full-service group of attorneys and professionals supporting all phases of e-Discovery for securities enforcement, regulatory, cyber breach response, litigation and compliance matters.
Ted argues complex discovery and substantive legal issues in court or in arbitrations on a regular basis. As a skilled negotiator, Ted combines litigation advocacy with deep knowledge of discovery procedural rules and supporting technologies to execute strategies that helps win cases. He is able to discern how designing the appropriate discovery architecture and workflow is critical to leveraging cost efficiencies, effectively using electronic evidence and maintaining credibility and defensibility with both the court and regulators.
Ted routinely contributes to leading industry conferences addressing eDiscovery law and policy issues, including serving on the Faculty of the Sedona Conference’s eDiscovery Negotiation Training and speaking on emerging topics at the Sedona Conferences Working Group 1 Annual Conference and at the Georgetown Advanced e-Discovery Institute.
As the first national lead of BakerHostetler’s LGBTQ Talent Engagement Forum, Ted is dedicated to promoting inclusion and diversity in the legal profession. He is also the pro bono coordinator for the New York office and supports numerous cases seeking equal rights under law for both marginalized members of the community and those who cannot otherwise afford legal counsel in the areas of civil rights and immigration.
