About Paul Jacobsen

Paul Jacobsen provides services as an arbitrator and mediator in the Upper
Midwest. He is a licensed attorney and is qualified as an approved neutral
under Rule 114 for civil mediations, civil arbitrations and family law
mediations. He is also on the construction and commercial arbitration panels
of the American Arbitration Association and is a certified mediator by the
International Mediation Institute, an international organization based in the
Netherlands. Mr. Jacobson is on Resolute Systems’ Panel of Minnesota
Mediators and Arbitrators.
When he was an attorney with Briggs & Morgan from 1984 until 1995, Paul
litigated hundreds of cases in numerous areas of the law, including
construction, commercial, personal injury, insurance coverage, professional
design malpractice, real estate, aircraft purchasing, equine law, environmental law, and mechanic’s liens.
He has also handled appellate cases before the Minnesota Court of Appeals, the Minnesota Supreme
Court, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Since 1995, he has been providing ADR services in the upper Midwest. His arbitrations and mediations
have concentrated in the areas of construction, commercial, personal injury, family law and real estate.
He has conducted over 1,000 mediations, the vast majority of which have resulted in settlement.