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Jacobs' educational institutions are unavailable. Out of law school in Baton Rouge and admitted to the bar in 1996, his first job was in John Robinson's law office in Springhill before Robinson became state court judge in 1999. Robinson subsequently swore Jacobs into office as his successor district judge on January 1, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/charles-jacobs-sworn-in-as-district-judge/|title=Charles Jacobs sworn in as district judge|author=Pat Culverhouse|publisher=''[[Minden Press-Herald]]''|date=January 1, 2015|accessdate=July 4, 2015}}</ref>

Jacobs' educational institutions are unavailable. Out of law school in Baton Rouge and admitted to the bar in 1996, his first job was in John Robinson's law office in Springhill before Robinson became state court judge in 1999. Robinson subsequently swore Jacobs into office as his successor district judge on January 1, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/charles-jacobs-sworn-in-as-district-judge/|title=Charles Jacobs sworn in as district judge|author=Pat Culverhouse|publisher=''[[Minden Press-Herald]]''|date=January 1, 2015|accessdate=July 4, 2015}}</ref>

   

   

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 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>

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>