Lawrence E. Jacobs
Lawyers
Davis Polk’s Managing Attorney and Litigation Counsel. Represents Davis Polk and its clients and provides litigation training.
Larry is Davis Polk’s Managing Attorney and Litigation Counsel. He has represented corporations and individuals in a wide variety of lawsuits in both state and federal courts and in matters before regulatory agencies. He also advises and represents Davis Polk in conjunction with the firm’s General Counsel’s office.
Larry helps our lawyers with the nuts and bolts of litigation. He has trained litigators for more than 20 years and has taught Pretrial Commercial Litigation as a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School since 2006.
Education
J.D., New York University School of Law
- cum laude
- Baer Memorial Scholar
- Order of the Coif
- Senior Articles Editor, New York University Law Review
B.A., Black Music/Literature and Languages, Bennington College
Clerkships
Law Clerk, Hon. Phyllis A. Kravitch, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1985-1986
Professional history
- Litigation Counsel, 2002-present
- Managing Attorney, Davis Polk, 1997-present
- Litigation Associate, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, 1992-1997
- Litigation Associate, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, 1986-1991
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court, E.D. New York
- U.S. District Court, N.D. New York
- U.S. District Court, S.D. New York
- U.S. Supreme Court