Graduate from Indiana University - Indianapolis School of Law (1976 Summa Cum Laude), he has been a practitioner in the area of plaintiff's personal injury since his graduation. He is a member of the Indianapolis, Indiana State and American Bar Associations; Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (Director); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; The American Board of Trial Advocates. He has participated in numerous CLE programs as an author and speaker. He also serves as a court-appointed mediator in personal injury matters. For the past twenty (20) years, he has been a partner in the Indianapolis law firm of Jacobs Law LLC