Michael Eric Jacobs
I strive to provide cost efficient, effective representation in a wide array of practice areas primarily involving civil litigation and appeals in state and federal courts, investigations of insurance claims, and providing insurance coverage opinions. My goal is to zealously represent clients providing "outside the box" solutions and high quality representation performed in a professional and ethical manner. I am licensed to practice in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. My experience includes advising or representing clients on law or in litigation in the following areas: construction; construction defects; architects, engineers and design professional errors and omissions; hospitality liability, insurance defense; insurance coverage opinions; insurance fraud and SIU investigations; bad faith; civil RICO; insurance agents errors and omissions; subrogation; personal injury; civil rights; employment; medical malpractice; professional malpractice; contracts; small and closely held business disputes; shareholder rights; products liability; eminent domain; replevins; zoning; and injunctive relief.
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Insurance Defense
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Fair Housing, Police Misconduct, Privacy Law
- Legal Malpractice
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- General Civil Litigation
- Insurance Claims Investigations and Bad Faith Defense
- Indiana
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- Kentucky
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- Ohio
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- Southwestern University School of Law
- J.D. (1995) | Law
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- University of Cincinnati
- Bachelor of Architecture (1993) | Architecture
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- Butler County Bar Association
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- Indiana State Bar Association
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- Cincinnati Bar Association
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- Ohio State Bar Association
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- Kentucky Bar Association
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- American Institute of Architects
- Associate Member
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- National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators
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- Insurers and Their Counsel Need to Keep Abreast of State Law Changes That Affect the Use of Technology (Chapter) in Aspatore Thought Leadership, INSURANCE LAW 2016, Top Lawyers on Trends and Key Strategies for the Upcoming Year
- Thomson Reuters/Aspatore
- Insurance Fraud in 'The Great Recession' (Chapter) in Aspatore Thought Leadership, INSURANCE LAW 2015, Top Lawyers on Trends and Key Strategies for the Upcoming Year
- Thomson Reuters/Aspatore
- Insurance Fraud Investigation Strategies for Attorneys and Clients, (Chapter) in Inside the Minds: Defending Against Insurance Fraud Claims
- Aspatore Books, a Thompson Reuters business
