Jacob A. Reynolds
Associate
Biography
Jacob A. Reynolds is an associate of the Firm, practicing mainly in commercial, business, employment, and insurance defense litigation. He is admitted to practice in Nevada.
Jacob attended Brigham Young University for his undergraduate studies where he completed a double major in Philosophy and Economics. Jacob’s academic focus as an undergrad was econometrics and logic. Upon graduation, Jacob attended the Institute for Humane Studies at Princeton University. Jacob then attended law school at the J. Reuben Clark Law School, where he was President of the Federalist Society, received the Faculty Award for Meritorious Service and Distinguished Service, participated actively in the American Inns of Court (Court I), was an Executive Editor for the Journal of Public Law, and served as the Symposium Director for a published Symposium on the Proposed Federal Gay Marriage Amendment. During law school, Jacob completed two externships with federal judges: Judge Lloyd D. George (Las Vegas) and Judge David Sam (Salt Lake City). Jacob also authored or co-authored four publications in academic journals.
Jacob joined the Firm after a two-year federal clerkship with Chief Judge Roger L. Hunt, U.S. District Court (Las Vegas). Aside from preparing bench memos and orders, Jacob was involved with Chief Judge Hunt’s cases at the Ninth Circuit (sitting by designation) and Judge Hunt’s work on the Ninth Circuit Jury Instruction Committee. Jacob is involved in the community as a member of the BYU Law School Alumni Board, and in August of 2009, he was appointed as the chair of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas chapter has hundreds of attorneys dedicated to ethical practice and serving the community.
Personal Background
When Jacob is not working, he enjoys traveling and spending time with his wife. He comes from a family of eleven children. Growing up, he lived with his family in the U.S., Scotland, and Israel. Jacob’s community involvement has included teaching English as a Second Language classes to Native Spanish Speakers, coaching high school and youth soccer teams, volunteering with the Salvation Army and Habitat for Humanity International, and serving in his church, including a two-year mission in Argentina.
Representative Engagements
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Jacob has represented individuals or entities ---
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Represented dozens of doctors against a surgical center that closed its doors to them so it could enter an exclusive contractual arrangement with a group.
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Represented the Mayor of North Las Vegas against allegations of failure to comply with ethics laws.
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Represented the Nevada GOP in the redistricting case of the decade to challenge the unconstitutional redistricting configuration.
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Represented
Nevada
in challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as Unconstitutional.
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Represented a large national corporation against a complaint for wrongful discharge.
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Represented several international, national, and local corporations and individuals in lawsuits regarding the alleged infringement of intellectual property rights (patents, trademarks, and copyrights).
