Primary Job Title Of Counsel Primary Organization Cooley
Gender Male
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Mike is the former senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary of eBay. Mike was one of the longest-serving general counsels in Silicon Valley, and members of his legal team at eBay have gone on to hold senior legal positions at innovative companies throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
From 1986 to August 1998, he was a Partner with
the law firm of Cooley Godward LLP, specializing in securities law, mergers and acquisitions and other transactions. Mr. Jacobson has been a Director of GSI Commerce Inc. since June 2011. He received the Hilmer Oehlmann, Jr., award as well as first and second year honors. Mr. Jacobson earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Magna Cum Laude, in 1975 from Harvard College, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and a J.D. degree from Stanford Law School in 1981, where he was a Nathan Abbot Scholar and a member of Order of the Coif.