James Jacobson practices general civil litigation, insurance defense, general business litigation, business formations, commercial and banking law.

James F. Jacobson
Associate

Juris Doctorate, University of Idaho 2004
Bachelor of Arts, Brigham Young University 2001
Major: English

Bar Admissions:
Idaho State Bar, admitted in 2004
United States District Court of Idaho
jfj@sasseringlis.com

While in law school, Mr. Jacobson interned in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho, where he co-authored briefing submitted to an en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit. In law school, Mr. Jacobson was a student-editor of an on-line international law publication entitled The German Law Journal, which is edited by Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Russell Miller.

After his final year of law school, Mr. Jacobson participated in an international law moot court competition conducted by American University in Washington, D.C. Mr. Jacobson began his legal career clerking for the Honorable Darla S. Williamson, Fourth Judicial District, State of Idaho. After his clerkship, Mr. Jacobson entered into private practice, and has been associated with Sasser & Inglis since 2006.

Mr. Jacobson's practice areas include general civil litigation, insurance defense, general business litigation, business formations, and commercial and banking law. Mr. Jacobson is the author of "Through the Looking Glass: Sustainable Development and Other Emerging Concepts of International Environmental Law in Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Case and the Trial Smelter Arbitration" published in Transboundary Harm in International Law: Lessons from the Trail Smelter Arbitration, Cambridge University Press (2006).

Mr. Jacobson is a member of American Inn of Court No. 130, is involved in various sections of the Idaho State Bar, various community and church events, is fluent in Norwegian, and enjoys sports, reading, and spending time with his family.