About Marc
Marc Jacob is an attorney whose path through law and urban development began in the classroom and carried into public and private practice. He earned a B.A. in English Literature from the State University of New York at Geneseo in 1994, a J.D. from Cornell University in 1998 where he concentrated on business regulation, and a certificate in Economic Development from Saint Louis University in 2009. Those academic stops combine humanities, corporate law training, and targeted study of economic revitalization.
After law school, Jacob took on associate roles at several New York and Illinois firms. In 2001 he joined Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (then Rosenman & Colin). He worked as an associate at Stewart, Occhipinti & Makow, LLP in 2002, and then at Hepler Broom, MacDonald, Hebrank, True & Noce in 2003, a firm that traces its roots to the Burroughs firm. Those early years involved transactional and regulatory matters tied to business clients and provided the foundation for later work in development and municipal projects.
By 2005 Jacob began offering legal outsourcing services under his own name. He returned to in-house development work in 2007 as staff counsel and real estate development associate for The Gatesworth Communities Development (Charles Deutch and Company). In 2009 he established his practice listed as Marc Jacob, Esq., Lawyer & Counselor at Law and has operated in that capacity since. The sequence of roles shows a steady movement from large-firm associate work into project-level development counsel and private practice.
Jacob has taken on leadership positions in neighborhood and municipal redevelopment. He chaired the Joint Redevelopment Task Force for University City and Olivette from 2009 to 2011, and led organizing and bylaws efforts for the Delmar@170 Business District in 2008. He served as pro bono legal counsel to Delmar@170 from 2009 to 2011. Since 2011 he has been Co-Chair of the Joint Redevelopment Implementation Committee, a position he continues to hold. Those activities reflect sustained engagement with local planning and business-district work.
He holds active bar memberships in New York (since 2002), Missouri (since 2003) and Illinois (since 2004). He is a member of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and of the Urban Land Institute, where he has participated as a Young Leader. His professional profile blends municipal redevelopment experience, real estate development practice, and transactional business regulation training.
Jacob practices from his own office and handles matters that intersect land use, real estate development, and business regulation. He maintains his practice in Missouri while continuing involvement in regional redevelopment projects and local business-district legal work.
