About Tom
Tom Jacob earned a B.A. in Government from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005. He then moved on to Baylor Law School, where he received his J.D. in 2009. Those formative years set the tone for a career spent largely in courtrooms and on appellate dockets.
Fresh out of law school, Jacob took a clerkship with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2009. The year in chambers exposed him to appellate writing and the mechanics of federal jurisprudence. He entered private practice the following year as an associate at Archuleta, Alsaffar & Higginbotham, P.C., where he handled litigation matters and gained early trial experience.
In 2014 he became a partner at National Trial Law. The move reflected a steady trajectory from clerkship to courtroom practice. He is admitted to practice in Texas and in numerous federal courts, including the Eastern, Southern, Western and Northern Districts of Texas, the Southern District of Illinois, and the Northern District of Florida. He is also admitted to the Fifth Circuit. Those admissions have enabled him to litigate cases at both the trial and appellate levels.
Jacob’s professional memberships track a career built around trial work. He has been a member of the American Association for Justice since 2008 and joined local and state trial organizations after returning to Texas. He belongs to the Austin Bar Association and the Austin Young Lawyers Association, both since 2010. He joined the Texas Trial Lawyers Association in 2010 and the Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association in 2014. He has served as an associate member of the Calvert Inn of Court since 2011. These affiliations reflect regular engagement with trial practice and continuing legal education.
Colleagues describe Jacob as methodical in court preparation and steady under pressure. He brings experience from appellate chambers and from front-line trial work to each file. He has handled litigation in multiple federal districts and in state courts across Texas. He is based in Austin and splits his time between motion practice, trial preparation, and courtroom work. He is currently a partner at National Trial Law, where he practices trial litigation across state and federal courts.
