Gary Jacobs is the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of MGM MIRAGE, an entertainment, hotel and gaming company headquartered in Las Vegas.
Prior to joining MGM MIRAGE, Jacobs served from 1988 to 2000 as a senior partner of the law firm of Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, LLP, Los Angeles, California, where he remains Of Counsel.
From 1971 through 1988, Gary was a partner and/or associate of Wyman, Bautzer, Christensen, Kuchel & Silbert.
Jacobs received his LL.B. from Yale Law School in 1969, where he was Order of the Coif. Following law school, he was a Law Clerk for Hon. Wilfred Feinberg of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandeis University-Summa Cum Laude, PhiBeta Kappa and studied at the London School of Economics.
Jacobs’ current affiliations include: Director and Member of Executive Committee, The InterGroup Corporation (INTG: NASDAQ-NMS); Member, Board of Governors, American Jewish Committee; Member, Board of Overseers, Brandeis University Graduate School of International Economics and Finance; Member, Executive Committee, Las Vegas Performing Arts Center; Member, Executive Committee, Nevada Cancer Institute; Member, Board of Trustees, National Judicial College. He is a member of the bar in the states of California and New York.
He and his wife, Robin, have two children, Melissa and Matthew. |