Ginger Jacobs

Ginger E. Jacobs received her J.D. degree with cum laude honors from Harvard Law School in 1998, and her Bachelor of Arts degree with magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa honors from Duke University in 1995. After law school, Ms. Jacobs moved to New York City and worked as a litigator at the New York firm of Cahill Gordon & Reindel and the international law firm of Covington & Burling. She gained valuable experience advocating on behalf of her individual and corporate clients in state and federal courts, as well as before the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York State Commission on Lobbying. In 2001, Ms. Jacobs received a pro bono recognition award from Covington & Burling for her successful representation of a detained asylum seeker. Inspired by her asylum case, Ms. Jacobs decided to change her focus from commercial litigation and white-collar criminal defense to immigration law. In 2002, she moved to San Diego, California, and practiced with a well-regarded sole practitioner for two years before co-founding the firm (formerly known as Guerrero Jacobs & Schlesinger LLP) with her former law partner and renowned immigration advocate, Andrea Guerrero, in 2004. Ms. Jacobs practices in all areas of immigration law. She represents employers and employees in employment-based cases before USCIS, the Department of Labor, and the Department of State. Her robust employment-based practice includes particular skill in representing entrepreneurs and start-up companies, non-profit organizations, restaurants, and companies in the technology sector. She especially enjoys helping start-up companies develop and grow to their full potential by aiding them in obtaining employment visas for critical foreign-born employees. She also represents professional athletes, film industry professionals, musicians and other individuals of extraordinary ability.