Mitchell Allen Jacobs

        I am a Board Certified as a Family Law Specialist by the State Bar of California since 1986.

        I have represented several clients whose primary business is the development and ownership of real estate.  The value of real estate owned by these various clients varied from as little as $15 million to several billion dollars.  The types of real estate portfolios owned by these various clients is throughout the broad spectrum of real estate including shopping centers, restaurants, apartment buildings, residential tracts and other various commercial properties.  I am intimately familiar with all issues in connection with valuation and division of real estate and divorce.

        I have represented clients who have been the majority owner of all kinds of businesses, including but not limited to manufacturing, distribution, marketing, and entertainment.  These businesses generated annual revenues from $15 million to $5 billion per year.

        I have also has represented individuals who have been the single largest shareholders in national and/or multinational corporations where the valuation of the client's ownership interest was in many cases in excess of $1 billion.

        My honors and past and present memberships include:

• Member of the Executive Committee of the American Bar Association, Divorce Tax Issues Committee of the Family Law Section and Taxation Section.
• Member of the Board of Governors of the Beverly Hills Bar Association.
• Member of the Executive Committee of the Family Law Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association.
• Member of the Standing Committee on Support for the State Bar of California.
• Member of the Family Law Advisory Board for the Continuing Education of the Bar.
• Member of the Executive Committee of the American Bar Association, Taxation Section, Divorce Tax Committee.
• Member of the Executive Committee of the American Bar Association, Family Law Section, Trial Advocacy Institute.
• Member of the Board of Directors of Family Service of Los Angeles.
• Member of the Board of Directors of Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International.
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Arthritis Foundation.
• Adjunct Professor, Divorce Taxation, Golden Gate University Masters in Taxation Program.
• Judge Pro Tem, Beverly Hills Municipal Court.
• Mediator, Los Angeles Superior Court.
• Arbitrator, Los Angeles Superior Court.