Orange County Lawyer Paul Jacobs
Mr. Jacobs is an aggressive litigator. He has obtained million dollar judgments for clients, and has prevented plaintiffs from obtaining million dollar judgments against his clients. He has tried cases in California and Nevada.
Mr. Jacobs has extensive experience in transactional matters, negotiating contracts with companies such as Microsoft and Disney.
In practice for 30 years, Mr. Jacobs' legal background includes serving as corporate counsel for Thrifty Corporation in Los Angeles. Thrifty Corporation was the parent company for Thrifty Drug Stores, Payless Drug Stores, Big 5 Sporting Goods, Gart Sporting Goods, Crown Books, Trak Auto and Newman Importing. Mr. Jacobs also served as Senior Trial Counsel for the distinguished law firm of Haight, Brown & Bonesteel. While at Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, Mr. Jacobs represented many high profile clients including the State of California, IBM, Carls Jr., Leviton Manufacturing and the Koll Company.
Mr. Jacobs has a B.S. degree in Business Administration, as well as a B.A. degree in English. He received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of San Diego. Mr. Jacobs is a member of the Irvine Chamber of Commerce.
Orange County Lawyer Debra Dodds
With over 28 years of litigation experience in Southern California, Ms. Dodds has extensive experience in defending business professionals. She served as a senior litigator for the Los Angeles based law firm of Booth, Mitchel, Strange & Smith (now Booth, Mitchel & Strange) as well as the prestigious national law firm of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold. Ms. Dodds is experienced not only in trial work, but appellate work as well. Ms. Dodds has a B.A. degree in International Relations, graduating with Honors in International Relations and English. Ms. Dodds obained her Juris Doctorate degree from the University of San Diego where she was a member of the Moot Court Board and the National Moot Court Team, winning First Place and Best Brief in the National Moot Court Competition Far West Region. She was also a member of the original group which staffed the Center for Public Interest Law. The Center serves as a public monitor of the regulatory agencies of the State of California and disseminates the "Regulatory Law Reporter". She has received the American College of Trial Lawyers Medal for Excellence in Advocacy and the Order of the Barristers.
