Please join the National Forum (The Canadian Club of Toronto and the Empire club of Canada) on Wednesday, June 9th when David Jacobson, U.S. Ambassador to Canada speaks at our podium.
David Jacobson was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to Canada on September 25, 2009, having been nominated by the President and unanimously confirmed by the Senate. On October 2, 2009, Ambassador Jacobson presented his credentials to the Governor General of Canada and became the 22nd U.S. Ambassador to Canada. Before coming to Ottawa, Ambassador Jacobson served as Special Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel. Prior to serving in the White House, Ambassador Jacobson spent 30 years as a lawyer in Chicago gaining expertise in the areas of complex commercial, class action, securities, insurance and business litigation as a partner at the law firm Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP. He has also gained extensive experience working with regulatory and administrative agencies and all levels of government. In addition to his litigation experience, Ambassador Jacobson has helped clients large and small to address the legal and business issues they confront as they adapt their business models to incorporate new technologies. He has written and spoken extensively on the importance of new technologies and the novel legal issues they present.
While working as a partner at Sonnenschein, Ambassador Jacobson also founded AtomWorks, an organization to bring together corporate, civic and academic leaders in order to foster nanotechnology in the Midwest. He served as a member of CEOs for Cities, a national bipartisan alliance of 75 mayors, corporate executives, university presidents and nonprofit leaders organized to advance the economic competitiveness of cities. He has served on other boards, including the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago and the Better Boys Foundation. Ambassador Jacobson received a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and was the Administrative Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. He received his B.S. from the Johns Hopkins University.
