Donald Frank Jacobs

Donald Frank Jacobs

5.0
Rating: 8.2

Licensed for 52 years

Probate Lawyer at Orlando, FL
Practice Areas: Probate, Wills & Living Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning

Near Downtown, Orlando, FL

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Licenses

Licensed in Florida for 51 years

State: Florida

Acquired: 1974

Member in Good Standing

No misconduct found

Licensed in Pennsylvania for 52 years

State: Pennsylvania

Acquired: 1973

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Donald F. Jacobs

Near Downtown, Orlando, FL, 32803

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Posted by Carl | June 11, 2013

Doggedly dilligent

I have known Don for close to 30 years. He has always been extremely professional, well versed, honest and ethical. I've been a client of his and no doubt will be again as well as a person who referred business to him and he has always represented himself and his practice with the utmost of profess...ionalism, courtesy, and knowledge. He has my unqualified recommendation.

Posted by David | June 04, 2013

Fomer client

Don Jacobs is without a doubt one of the finest lawyers that I have ever known. He is one of a select few that I have trusted to handle my personal legal matters. He is exceptionally intelliigent and highly ethical. He has an attention to detail that is unsurpassed.

Posted by anonymous | August 14, 2009 | Wills & Living Wills

Donald F. Jacobs service to CAPT James H. and Linda L. Barnes for Estate Planning and documentation.

We requested Last Will and Testament, Durable Power of Attorney, Living Will and Health Care Surrogate legal documentation to be drafted based on our rather uncertain desires for eventual satisfaction of our personal final decisions. Attorney Jacobs stipulated a fee, arranged a personal interview w...ith us in quiet, comfortable office, and comperhensibly briefed us on the broad ramifications of end of life legal documentation and the decisions to be made by each of us. He followed the interview some days later in another informal meeting when our ideas were finalized and personalized in documents he later developed. In the third and final session, again in a quiet, comfortable office, Attorney Jacobs explained in detail the documents put before us, introduced us to competent witnesses he had arranged to be present and guided us through each document, our approval of each document, the formal signing and witnessing of each document while responding objectively to any questions we offered. As we would say in the Navy; Well Done, Attorney Jacobs! We highly recommend Attorney Donald F. Jacobs to all needing legal counsel. Signed: Linda L. Barnes; Captain James H. Barnes, U. S. Navy (Retired).

Posted by anonymous | February 25, 2009

An excellent choice

I have known Mr. Jacobs for many years and have had the pleasure of working with him on cases we have had together. He is one of the finest attorneys I know. His credentials are impressive. When he takes a case, he commits himself whole-heartedly to the matter. No doubt, in every case, his work p...roduct is impeccable and his responsiveness to his clients is reliable. I highly recommend him.

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Experience

Rating:  8.2 (Excellent)

Honors

2011

Top Lawyers in Orlando 2011, Orlando Home & Leisure Magazine

2010

Top Lawyer in Orlando 2010, Orlando Home & Leisure Magazine

Work Experience

1981 - Present

President/Share Holder, Donald F. Jacobs, P.A.

1974 - 1974

Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

1973 - 1974

Judicial Law Clerk, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Associations

Tax Law Section, The Florida Bar

Member

Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, The Florida Bar

Member

Florida Advisory Council on Adoption

Past Member

1995 - 1997

City of Orlando, Citizens' Police Review Board

Past Member

1992 - 2012

Family Law Section, The Florida Bar

Past Member

1992 - 1998

Florida Association of Adoption Lawyers

Past President

1981 - 2016

Central Florida Estate Planning Council

Past Member

Education

1979

University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law

LLM in Taxation- Master of Laws

1973

Villanova University School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1969

University of Maryland

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

1991

West Orange High School

Adoption

Publications

1980

Mississippi College Law Review Federal Income Taxation of Intangible Drilling and Development Costs

1980

Mississippi College Law Review Current Trends in the Treatment of the Section 501(c)(6) Business League Exemption

1972

Villanova Law Review Civil Procedure - Death Knell Doctrine Rejected

Languages

English

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