Kari Jacobson

Biography

Kari Katzman Jacobson is a shareholder of La Cava & Jacobson, P.A.  She graduated from the University of Florida with a B.A. in 1989 and from the University of Miami School of Law with a J.D. in 1992. Ms. Jacobson was an Assistant State Attorney for Dade County and Pinellas County, Florida for three years prosecuting misdemeanor and felony cases in both bench and jury trials. Ms. Jacobson then went on become an associate and then a partner and shareholder with Stephens, Lynn, Klein, La Cava & Puya, P.A. in their Tampa office where she litigated for fifteen years. In 2010, she and Mr. La Cava founded the law firm of La Cava & Jacobson, P.A.

Ms. Jacobson was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1992 and has been admitted to the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida since 1994. She is a member of The Florida Bar Association; American Bar Association, Hillsborough County Bar Association, Collier County Bar Association and a member of the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance. She is A.V. Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Ms. Jacobson is principally involved in the defense of self-insured companies, insurance companies and those whom they insure. Her practice is primarily concentrated in the areas of general liability, premises liability, negligent security, construction litigation, professional liability, employment discrimination claims, automobile, trucking and commercial freight defense litigation claims.

Education

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Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: FL