Ralph Jacobson

San Jose, CA56 years experienceAdmitted 1970

About Ralph Jacobson

Ralph L. Jacobson is a founder and Of Counsel partner at GJEL Accident Attorneys, which he co-founded with Andy Gillin in 1972. With more than 30 years concentrated on personal injury practice, he has helped build the firm's 40-plus year, $600 million track record of success on behalf of injured plaintiffs in Northern California.

Jacobson received his law degree from Stanford Law School in 1969. He was admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 1970 and the U.S. Supreme Court in 1989.

He has authored numerous articles for the CEB Civil Litigation Reporter, a leading professional journal — one of which was cited by the California Supreme Court in an opinion. He has served as a consultant to Bancroft Whitney for its California Civil Practice Series and has lectured to attorneys throughout California on personal injury law and court procedures.

Proven verdicts and settlements at GJEL Accident Attorneys

These results are credited to GJEL Accident Attorneys. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

Gillin, Jacobson, Ellis and Larsen recovered $111.7 million for 186 patients who underwent medically unjustified cardiac procedures at Tenet Healthcare's Redding Medical Center, the largest single-firm share of a $395 million mass settlement.

Shasta County Superior Court, Redding, CA · 2004Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$11.7 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2011 · #17

A jury awarded $11.7 million to the family of William Tindall, killed on Marsh Creek Road while stopping to help another motorist during a county road resurfacing project that had already claimed a life five days earlier.

Contra Costa County Superior Court · 2011Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Stanford Law School
Juris Doctor (J.D.), 1969

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California (Bar No. 46255)
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, admitted 1970
State Bar of U.S. Supreme Court, admitted 1989

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.