Barbara Bison Jacobson

HONORS

  • Best Lawyers in America (multiple years)

  • Martindale Hubbell AV and AV Preeminent rating (multiple years)

  • National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Instructor

  • Frequent Author of Legal Publications and Presenter at CLE Seminars

  • Former “Big Law” Attorney (Am Law #152 Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease; Squire, Sanders & Dempsey)

  • Former Regional Mid-Size Firm Attorney (Graydon, Head & Ritchey, Paxton & Seasongood)

  • Law Clerk, Honorable William K. Thomas, United States District Judge, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Summa cum laude J.D. by The Ohio State College of Law; Top 10% class standing; The Order of the Coif; American Jurisprudence Book Award for Federal Practice and Procedure

  • Ohio State Law Journal: Issue Planning Editor; Student work published

  • Sophomore Women’s Honorary (CWENS); Senior Women’s Honorary (Mortar Board), Political Science Honorary, Miami University

LEADERSHIP

  • Founding Member and Chair, Intellectual Property Litigation Committee, Cincinnati Bar Association (2 years)

  • Chair, Tort & Insurance Committee, Cincinnati Bar Association (2 years)

  • President, Hamilton County Trial Lawyers Association (3 years)

  • Vice President, Hamilton County Trial Lawyers Association (4 years)

  • Board of Trustees, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers (5 years)

  • Founding Member, Board of Trustees, Hamilton County Trial Lawyers Association (10 years)

  • Founding Board Member and Trustee, Center for Mediation of Disputes (2 years)

  • Master of the Bench, Potter Stewart American Inn of Court (about 15 years)

ADMISSIONS

  • State of Ohio

  • The District of Columbia

  • The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

  • The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

  • The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit