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{{short description|American lawyer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = LonLawrence Jacobs
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| alma_mater = [[Temple University]]<br>[[Brooklyn Law School]]
| occupation = General counsel of [[Las Vegas Sands]], [[lawyer]], [[Executive (management)|executive]], [[businessperson]]
| spouse = Hannah Jacobs
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Jacobs grew up in [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bucks County]], [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name="CC01">{{cite news|last=Harper|first=Timothy|title=Rupert Murdoch's Right-Hand Man|url=http://www.superlawyers.com/new-york-metro/article/Rupert-Murdochs-Right-Hand-Man/007ebd91-1e78-4fea-90e1-5dfa7c03ea5d.html|accessdate=23 June 2011|newspaper=Super Lawyers|date=December 2008}}</ref>
 
He graduated from [[Temple University]] ''[[Latin honors|summa cum laude]]'' in 1978 and [[Brooklyn Law School]] ''[[Latin honors|cum laude]]'' in 1981.<ref name="CC01" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Group General Counsel Arthur M. Siskind To Retire At Year-End And Be Succeeded By Lawrence A. Jacobs|url=http://www.newscorp.com/news/news_228.html|publisher=[[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]]|accessdate=17 June 2011}}</ref> Jacobs is an Adjunctadjunct Professorprofessor at his alma mater [[Brooklyn Law School]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Adjunct|url=http://www.brooklaw.edu/Faculty/Directory/Adjunct.aspx|work=Faculty Directory|publisher=[[Brooklyn Law School]]|accessdate=13 January 2012}}</ref> His curriculum as of the Spring 2012 semester is a Media Law and Policy Seminar.<ref>{{cite web|title=Curriculum|url=http://www.brooklaw.edu/academics/curriculum/coursedescriptions/course.aspx?id=28|work=Media Law and Policy Seminar|publisher=[[Brooklyn Law School]]|accessdate=13 January 2012}}</ref>
 
Jacobs has been a member of the Bar of the [[State of New York]] since 1982.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lawrence A. Jacobs Profile|url=https://people.forbes.com/profile/lawrence-a-jacobs/56505|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210023232/http://people.forbes.com/profile/lawrence-a-jacobs/56505|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 10, 2009|work=[[Forbes]]|accessdate=17 June 2011}}</ref>
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=== Empire State Development ===
 
Jacobs currently serves on the board of multiple organizations. On April 1, 2013, he officially began his position as General Counsel of [[Empire State Development Corporation|Empire State Development]], a public authority of the state of [[New York (state)|New York]] that finances and operates several ambitious state projects.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jacobs' Twitter Page|url=https://twitter.com/lonjacobs|work=Twitter|accessdate=25 April 2013}}</ref> This was Jacobs first time as a Chief Legal Officer following his departure from News Corporation. Despite having joined the company in April, Jacobs left onlyafter seven months into his tenure in order to join [[Time Inc.]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Kelly|first=Keith J.|title=Time shocker: Pearlstine's back, Nelson's out|url=https://nypost.com/2013/11/01/time-shocker-pearlstines-back-nelsons-out/|work=New York Post|accessdate=April 15, 2014}}</ref>
 
=== Time Inc. ===
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