Robert Jacobs co-founded Jacobs & Crumplar in 1981. After graduating from City College of the City University of New York in 1963 with a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering and receiving his law degree from Temple University in 1968, Bob practiced with the Wilmington law firm of Bader, Dorsey & Kreshtool before forming Jacobs & Crumplar. Jacobs applies his knowledge in chemical engineering to a variety of patent litigation cases. His experiences and successes in both engineering and patent litigation have made him an effective attorney in both State and Federal Courts.

Bob is a past president of the Delaware Trial Lawyers Association and has served on the Board of Governors of the American Association of Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America) since 1988.

He has also served as Committee Chairman in many facets of these two organizations, including the Section on Toxic Environmental and Pharmaceutical Torts.