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Jacob M. Harper

Partner

Nationwide Co-chair, Food + Beverage and Agriculture Practice

T 213.633.6863 Los Angeles
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Jacob Harper is a partner in DWT's Commercial Litigation practice Group. Jacob defends Fortune 50 companies, privately held companies, and industry leaders against class actions and in other complex business litigation. Jacob also co-chairs DWT's Food + Beverage industry group.

Jacob is hired to secure defense judgments in difficult circumstances, and is best known for obtaining class action victories when others cannot. With his creative and sometimes unorthodox tactics, he has reduced scores of ten-figure claims to walk-away dismissals. While he defeats the vast majority of cases early, he has also defended among the largest consumer class action claims in history—his team reduced a $4 billion class action claim to complete dismissal and zero liability—through full litigation to complete defense judgment. He has secured control of nine-figure companies, defeated (and obtained) emergency restraining orders and injunctions, prevailed in emergency appeals ranging from emergency writs to full-scale affirmances and reversals, and obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in additional victories for his clients. With Jacob, wins beget wins; he has obtained winning orders in so many cases that he and the courts in which he appears frequently cite those previous wins in securing future client victories. Check out the Experience tab for examples with links. Clients hire Jacob Harper to win, not settle.

Jacob's victories benefit clients doing business in a wide array of fields, including technology, food and beverage, property rights, privacy, shareholder and management relations, competition, and consumer protection. Jacob repeatedly obtains—and then builds on—industry-changing victories for clients like BigLots!; Fred Meyer; The Kroger Co.; KeHE Distributors; Laird Superfoods; Park Assist, LLC; Ralphs Grocery Co.; SunRidge Farms; Zoom Communications Inc., and dozens of others.

Jacob has been rated by Southern California Super Lawyers "Rising Star" every year since 2016, and has been recognized as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" in Food and Beverage Law since 2020 by Best Lawyers. Client victories have been featured nationally in Law360, the Daily Journal Top Verdicts and Judgments (2023), and other publications.

Recent Public Wins and Court Decisions

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Food + Bev Litigation and Counseling

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Other Complex Business Litigation

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Admitted to Practice

  • California, 2008
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2009
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2010
  • U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2009
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 2010
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 2011
  • U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 2011
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2011

Education

  • J.D., The University of Chicago Law School, 2008
    • Unterman & Martini Merit Scholarships (half tuition)
    • Comment and Development Editor, Chicago Journal of International Law
  • B.A., English and Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 2005,

    magna cum laude

    • Phi Beta Kappa
    • College Honors
    • Highest Departmental Honors, Political Science

Memberships & Affiliations

    • Government Affairs Committee, Culver City Chamber of Commerce, 2014-present
    • Appellate Courts Committee, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2010-present

Professional Recognition

    • Selected to "Southern California Rising Stars," Thomson Reuters, 2016-2022
    • Named one of the "Best Lawyers in America" in Food and Beverage Law by Best Lawyers, 2020-present
    • Pro Bono Service Award, Wiley W. Manuel, 2009-present

Background

    • Shareholder, TroyGould PC, Los Angeles, 2014-2017
    • Associate, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Los Angeles, 2008-2013
    • Extern, Hon. R. Gary Klausner, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Los Angeles, 2006
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