Catherine A. Jacobs advises clients on estate planning and trusts, probate litigation, adoption and child custody issues and transportation law.  She is also a specialist in facilitative mediation in family situations.

Active in the greater Lansing community, Jacobs has served on the Alzheimer’s Association Corporate Committee, YMCA Endowment Committee, Girl Scouts of America Finance Committee and as a volunteer for Hospice of Michigan.

Jacobs earned a law degree from the University of Michigan and joined the Loomis Law firm in 1981.  She is a frequent speaker on estate planning law, probate law and legal ethics.

Practice Areas

• Administrative Law
• Adoption
• ERISA & Employee Benefits
• Estate Planning, Probate and Elder Law
• Facilitative Mediation
• Family Law
• Litigation
• Regulatory Law
• Tax Law
• Transportation Law

Professional Memberships

• Member, American Bar Association (1981)
• Member, Michigan Bar Association (1981)
• Member, Ingham County Bar Association (1981)
• Member, Professional Responsibility Counselors (1998)
• Member, Fellows of the Michigan Bar Foundation
• Member, State Bar of Michigan Standing Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics
• Member, State Bar of Michigan Committee on Multidisciplinary Practices
• Former Member, State Bar of Michigan Member Probate and Estate Planning Council
• Member, Drafting Committee and Legislative Committee for Estate and Protected Individual Code
• Member, Drafting Committee for Michigan Court Rules, Probate
• Member, Probate and Estate Planning Section Chairperson
• Former Member, Greater Lansing Estate Planning Council Board of Directors

Recognition And Public Service

• Volunteer, Alzheimer’s Association, Corporate Committee
• Volunteer, Hospice of Michigan
• Member, YMCA Endowment Committee (1997 – Present)
• Member, Girl Scouts of America - Finance Committee (1989 – 1992)
• Member, Delhi Township Recreation & Parks Commission (1972 – 1984)
• Member, National Ski Patrol (1977 – Present)
• Co-editor, Trust Administration in Michigan, ICLE, October 1999
• Author, “Spousal Rights,” Michigan Probate Litigation: A Guide to Contested Matters,
  ICLE, 1998
• Author, “Income Taxes of Estates and Trusts, Taxation of Estates and Trusts: A Michigan Practitioner’s Guide to Post-Death Administration,” ICLE, 1994
• Author of “Research Techniques for Every Occasion,”  The Research Edge: Finding Law & Facts Fast, ICLE, 1993
• Author and Columnist, Michigan Probate and Estate Planning Journal and The Michigan Bar Journal

Education

• University of Michigan, J.D., 1981
• Michigan State University, B.A., 1978
  Accounting and Financial Administration
• Certificate of Completion: The Probate and Estate Planning Program
• Co-Sponsor: Institute of Continuing Legal Education and State Bar of Michigan, Probate & Estate Planning Section