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Jacobs is married to the former Melanie Jane McConnell (born November 16, 1971), a special education supervisor for the Webster Parish School Board. She is the daughter of Lynn Williamson McConnell of  Norwood in East Feliciana Parish and Robert Morris McConnell (1946-2014), a Louisiana Tech graduate and a [[banker]], originally from  Clinton, also in East Feliciana Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=170888752|title=Robert Morris McConnell (father-in-law of Judge Jacobs)|work=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=May 1, 2014|accessdate=July 3, 2015}}</ref>

Jacobs is married to the former Melanie Jane McConnell (born November 16, 1971), a special education supervisor for the Webster Parish School Board. She is the daughter of Lynn Williamson McConnell of  Norwood in East Feliciana Parish and Robert Morris McConnell (1946-2014), a Louisiana Tech graduate and a [[banker]], originally from  Clinton, also in East Feliciana Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=170888752|title=Robert Morris McConnell (father-in-law of Judge Jacobs)|work=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=May 1, 2014|accessdate=July 3, 2015}}</ref>

John Jacobs, the only child of Judge and Mrs. Jacobs, graduated in 2017 from North Webster High School in Springhill, where he was a [[tennis]] player.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/player.asp?id=801493|title=John Jacobs|publisher=tennisrecruiting.net|accessdate=July 3, 2015}}</ref> The Jacobses are [[United Methodists]].

John Jacobs, the only child of Judge and Mrs. Jacobs, graduated in 2017 from North Webster High School in Springhill, where he was a [[tennis]] player.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tennisrecruiting.net/player.asp?id=801493|title=John Jacobs|publisher=tennisrecruiting.net|accessdate=July 3, 2015}}</ref> The Jacobses are [[United Methodist]]s.

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Jacobs was for fifteen years the Springhill city attorney and similarly represented Cullen and Sarepta, also in Webster Parish.<ref name=bpt/> In 2003, the Webster Parish Police Jury considered appointing Jacobs to the board of the North Webster Industrial Park to replace the chairman, Eugene Eason, a Republican who served briefly as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1991. Two jurors, including Charles Odom of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], whose wife, Patti Cook Odom, ran unsuccessfully against Eason for state representative, claimed that Eason had been unwilling to cooperate with other industrial park members and municipal and parish officials in the administration of the facility. However, jurors voted 8-2 to retain Eason in the position. "The park speaks for itself. It is growing and successful. We've done a lot and we have a lot of good things on the horizon," Eason said.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/CachedPage/?archive_id=0&page_id=553616063&page_url=//www.press-herald.com/news/Mar02/0306news.html&page_last_updated=2003-12-21T19:23:04&firstName=Charles&lastName=Jacobs|title=Jurors vote down attempt to oust district chairman|author=Josh Beavers|publisher=''Minden Press-Herald''|date=December 21, 2003|accessdate=July 6, 2015}}</ref> Eason died in 2007.

Jacobs was for fifteen years the Springhill city attorney and similarly represented Cullen and Sarepta, also in Webster Parish.<ref name=bpt/> In 2003, the Webster Parish Police Jury considered appointing Jacobs to the board of the North Webster Industrial Park to replace the chairman, Eugene Eason, a Republican who served briefly as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1991. Two jurors, including Charles Odom of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], whose wife, Patti Cook Odom, ran unsuccessfully against Eason for state representative, claimed that Eason had been unwilling to cooperate with other industrial park members and municipal and parish officials in the administration of the facility. However, jurors voted 8-2 to retain Eason in the position. "The park speaks for itself. It is growing and successful. We've done a lot and we have a lot of good things on the horizon," Eason said.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/CachedPage/?archive_id=0&page_id=553616063&page_url=//www.press-herald.com/news/Mar02/0306news.html&page_last_updated=2003-12-21T19:23:04&firstName=Charles&lastName=Jacobs|title=Jurors vote down attempt to oust district chairman|author=Josh Beavers|publisher=''Minden Press-Herald''|date=December 21, 2003|accessdate=July 6, 2015}}</ref> Eason died in 2007.

Jacobs has been a public defender, an assistant under [[District Attorney]] [[Schuyler Marvin]], and represented clients before the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second District  and the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, both in Shreveport.<ref name=bpt/> Prior to becoming judge, Jacobs had also maintained a legal office in Minden.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawyers.com/minden/louisiana/edward-charles-jacobs-2160123-a/|title=Edward Charles Jacobs|publisher=lawyers.com|accessdate=July 5, 2015}}</ref> In 2004 and 2005, Jacobs represented three landowners near the Minden Airport who challenged a municipal plan to expropriate their lands for airport expansion. The landowners claimed the expansion would not benefit the city in any meaningful way and that the amount offered was not clearly defined among ten affected property owners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/CachedPage/?archive_id=0&page_id=1011212576&page_url=//www.press-herald.com/news/2005/Feb/0216.html&page_last_updated=2005-02-17T05:18:51&firstName=Charles&lastName=Jacobs|title=City's suit in Minden airport case comes before judge|author=Jana Ryan|work=Minden Press-Herald |date=February 17, 2005|accessdate=July 6, 2015}}</ref>

Jacobs has been a public defender, an assistant under Bossier Webster District Attorney [[Schuyler Marvin]], and represented clients before the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second District  and the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, both in Shreveport.<ref name=bpt/> Prior to becoming judge, Jacobs had also maintained a legal office in Minden.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawyers.com/minden/louisiana/edward-charles-jacobs-2160123-a/|title=Edward Charles Jacobs|publisher=lawyers.com|accessdate=July 5, 2015}}</ref> In 2004 and 2005, Jacobs represented three landowners near the Minden Airport who challenged a municipal plan to expropriate their lands for airport expansion. The landowners claimed the expansion would not benefit the city in any meaningful way and that the amount offered was not clearly defined among ten affected property owners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/CachedPage/?archive_id=0&page_id=1011212576&page_url=//www.press-herald.com/news/2005/Feb/0216.html&page_last_updated=2005-02-17T05:18:51&firstName=Charles&lastName=Jacobs|title=City's suit in Minden airport case comes before judge|author=Jana Ryan|work=Minden Press-Herald |date=February 17, 2005|accessdate=July 6, 2015}}</ref>

When he announced his candidacy for judge, Jacobs noted that as an attorney he has:

When he announced his candidacy for judge, Jacobs noted that as an attorney he has: