Richard Jacobs has been
listed in Best Lawyers, both as a family
law practitioner as well as for his mediation practice, since 2005. Named
to Maryland Super Lawyers since 2007 when that recognition was established in Maryland, he was named
to the magazine’s 2012 Top 100 Lawyers, a list of attorneys in all fields of
practice.
Mr. Jacobs represents
clients in complex family law matters. A partner of Hooper &
Jacobs LLC, his practice focuses on cases involving the valuation and division
of financial assets such as family businesses, partnership interests,
professional practices, investments, as well as those related to spousal
support and the parent child relationship.
A fellow of both the
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the International Academy of
Matrimonial Lawyers, Mr. Jacobs is co-director of the Institute for Family Law
Associates of the AAML and held several offices of the state chapter before
assuming the presidency of the Maryland AAML Chapter from 2005-2007. He has lectured for county bar associations
throughout Maryland,
for MICPEL and for the Maryland State Bar Association; until
2005 Mr. Jacobs was an adjunct professor of Family Law for his alma mater, the University
of Baltimore School of Law. He has
co-authored Marital Settlement Agreements, a textbook of the Maryland Institute
for Continuing Professional Education for Lawyers, Inc., since 1995.
Certified
as a mediator by the Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education
of Lawyers, Mr. Jacobs also received Arbitration certification by the AAML and
completed the AAML sponsored Harvard Negotiation Program