Tom Jacob

Tom helps military and veterans bring personal injury lawsuits against the government with Whitehurst, Harkness, Brees, Cheng, Alsaffar, & Higginbotham, PLLC. He serves as a co-chair of AYLA-Austin Bar Judicial Program, is a member of the Calvert Inn of Court, and a mock trial coach at UT. Previously, he clerked at the Fifth Circuit. In law school, he was editor-in-chief of the Baylor Law Review. Mr. Jacob has taken on a wide range of medical malpractice and personal injury cases, including failure to diagnose cancer, birth injuries, and traumatic brain injuries. In 2012, he tried to judgment a failure to diagnose septic hip case in Mississippi. In 2014, he tried a case in the First Circuit arising out of the failure to diagnose and treat a stroke. He’s participated in appeals at the United States Supreme Court, argued before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and worked on class actions across the country.

• Free Consultation
• Contingent Fees

Eastern District of Texas

Since 2013

Northern District of Florida

Since 2012

Northern District of Texas

Since 2010

Southern District of Illinois

Since 2011

Southern District of Texas

Since 2010

Texas

Since 2009

Western District of Texas

Since 2010

5th Circuit

Since 2010

Partner

National Trial Law

2014 - Current

Attorney

Archuleta, Alsaffar, & Higginbotham, P.C.

2010 - 2014

Law Clerk

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

2009 - 2010

Baylor Law School

J.D. (2009)

2006 - 2009

University of Texas - Austin

B.A. (2005) | Government

2001 - 2005

State Bar of Texas  # 24069981

Member

Current

Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association

Member

2014 - Current

Calvert Inn of Court

Associate

2011 - Current

Austin Bar Association

Member

2010 - Current

Austin Young Lawyers Association

Member

2010 - Current