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# Stanley K. Jacobs

*Stanley K. Jacobs has practiced law for more than 50 years.  Having tried over 140 jury trials to verdict, he is a diplomat of ABOTA and was CAALA’s Trial Lawyer of the Year for 1985. He is a former president of the state trial bar, CAOC, and is a member of the CAALA Hall of Fame since 2006.*

### Articles written by this author:

## [Voir dire in view of current political and economic realities](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march/voir-dire-in-view-of-current-political-and-economic-realities "Voir dire in view of current political and economic realities")

Voir dire is not jury “selection” – it is “unselection” of negative jurors

[Stanley K. Jacobs](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/stanley-k-jacobs "Stanley K. Jacobs")

[2016 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march)

## [A lawyer’s fingerprints](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-september/a-lawyer-s-fingerprints "A lawyer’s fingerprints")

Lawyers must practice case management as opposed to case manipulation; with insurance bad-faith cases, your fingerprints can literally destroy the claim

[Stanley K. Jacobs](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/stanley-k-jacobs "Stanley K. Jacobs")

[2017 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-september)

## [To settle or go to trial](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-june/to-settle-or-go-to-trial "To settle or go to trial")

That is the question

[Stanley K. Jacobs](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/stanley-k-jacobs "Stanley K. Jacobs")

[2025 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-june)