Attorney Profiles

Douglas Jacobs is an associate attorney in the Riverside office of Fernandez & Lauby LLP. Mr. Jacobs graduated with distinction from Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana, with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies/Performance and a Bachelor of Music Education in Instrumental and Vocal Music in 1996. In addition, he earned his Professional Clear Teaching Credential while attending the California State University, San Bernardino in 1999 and further extended his teaching expertise by adding Authorizations to teach both Language Arts and Social Science to his teaching credential. Thereafter, Mr. Jacobs spent 6 years as a highly successful educator in the California public schools, where he served as Director of Instrumental Music at both the Middle School and High School levels and was named to "Who's Who Among American Teachers."

In 2005, Mr. Jacobs graduated from the California Western School of Law in San Diego, California, where he earned a Doctorate of Jurisprudence, was named to the Dean's List for 3 consecutive semesters and was the recipient of the William L. Lynch Scholarship for academic excellence.

Mr. Jacobs was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2005. He is a member in good standing with the California Bar Association, is a member of the Orange County Bar Association, the North San Diego County Bar Association, the San Diego County Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the American Inns of Court. He has been admitted to practice law before all of the California State Courts, and has been admitted to the United States District Court, Central District and the United States District Court, Southern District.

Mr. Jacobs has significant special education law experience, as well as substantial civil litigation experience in both plaintiff and defense personal injury actions. In addition, he has experience dealing with personal injury and premises liability defense, American Disabilities Act compliance, automobile and trucking cases, labor and employment issues, and public entity civil liability cases.