Mike and Evan Jacobs live just south of Murphey Candler Park between Brookhaven, Chamblee, and Dunwoody. They have two children, Jonah, age three and a half, and Eli, age two, and are expecting their third child in February.
Mike was first elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 2004. His committee assignments are Insurance, Judiciary, MARTA Oversight, and Rules. He is the Vice Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and chairs one of its two subcommittees.
Mike received his law degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law, where he served as Executive Articles Editor of the Georgia Law Review. He received his bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University.
In 2005, Mike was selected by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of Metro Atlanta’s “40 Under 40” Up and Comers. He serves on the board of directors of the Anti-Defamation League Southeast Region and the executive committee of the DeKalb County Republican Party. Mike is a member of the Atlanta Bar Association, DeKalb Bar Association, Federalist Society, and Republican Jewish Coalition.
Mike practices law with Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, P.C. He joined HBSS from previous employment at Alston & Bird LLP and Krevolin & Horst, LLC.
Evan, a Savannah native, is a speech-language pathologist at the Howard School.
