About Anthony
Anthony Jacobson combined a technical education with legal training over the course of a decade. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from the University of Idaho in 2004. He continued in electrical engineering at the University of California, Davis, completing a Master of Science in 2007. He then turned to law, receiving his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2010. Those successive degrees set a clear intellectual trajectory: rigorous quantitative work followed by formal legal study.
After law school, Jacobson entered private practice and is currently associated with Fenwick & West LLP. He is admitted to practice in California. At the firm, he works alongside colleagues who advise clients across a range of matters. The firm’s roster and client base tend to include companies in technology and life sciences, and Jacobson’s background in engineering complements that environment.
His technical training informs his approach to legal problems. The combination of electrical engineering, mathematics and law equips him to engage with issues that involve complex technical detail. In practice, that means translating technical concepts into legal arguments, evaluating technical evidence, and working with engineers and inventors to clarify the facts that matter to a case or transaction.
Colleagues describe him as someone who takes a methodical approach. He favors clear explanations and a step-by-step handling of technical points. That steadiness can be useful when legal strategy depends on underlying technology, or when clients need a practical account of how technical choices affect legal rights and obligations.
Outside of casework, Jacobson’s path through technical and legal education gives him a perspective that spans disciplines. He is part of a generation of lawyers who arrived in law school with advanced technical degrees and who use that grounding to address disputes and transactions tied to engineering and software. For clients, that can mean fewer translation steps between technical teams and outside counsel.
He remains based in California and continues his work at Fenwick & West LLP. He is admitted to the California bar and currently focuses his practice on legal matters that sit at the intersection of law and technology.
