Ross D.

Jacobson
Two Union Square
601 Union Street, Suite 4100
Seattle, Washington 98101
Office: (206) 628-2447
Fax: (206) 628-6611
Email: rjacobson@williamskastner.com

Experience

Business acquisitions and sales including numerous retirement center acquisitions, generally
including both the business and real property, nursing home acquisition and sale, pharmaceutical
company acquisitions, insurance agency acquisitions, and numerous other small to large busi-
ness acquisitions.

Business design and structure including shareholders’ agreements, partnerships, LLC’s and
PLLC’s

Technology and E-commerce transactions including software licensing, technology transfer, tech-
nology licensing, web site production, web site joint ventures, web site design contracts, and
software distribution

Commercial real estate including purchase and sale agreements, leases, lease options, financing
documentation and easements

Corporate transactions including stock option plans (ISO and NSO), stock bonus plans, profit
sharing plans and vesting plans and schedules

Employment issues including employment and compensation plans and agreements; non-com-
petition, non-disclosure, non-use agreements for a variety of businesses

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Education

University of Washington, J.D., 1976

University of Washington, B.A., 1973

Memberships

American Health Lawyers Association

Washington State Bar Association
Business and Real Estate Sections
King County Bar Association
East King County Bar Association
Past President
Bellevue Chamber of Commerce
Past Chair
Rotary Club of Bellevue
Past President
Bellevue Downtown Association
Board of Directors
Bellevue Economic Partnership
Founding Co-Chair
KidsQuest Children’s Museum
Founding Co-Chair
Eastside YMCA
Board of Directors

Seminars and Presentations

Speaker, “Documents from the Borrower’s Perspective,” National Business Institute Seminar:
Basic Real Estate Finance, Seattle, WA, November 9, 2006.

Speaker, “Negotiations & Mediation,” WSBA Young Lawyers’ Association’s 2006 Bridging the
Gap Conference, Seattle, WA, March 3, 2006, 2007.

Speaker, “Negotiating and Drafting Acquisition Agreements in Washington,” National Business

Institute Seminar, 2004.

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Presentation, “The Art of Negotiation,” sponsored by Bellevue Chamber of Commerce, King
County Bar Association, and Clark Nuber CPA firm, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004.

Presentation, “How to Protect the Value of Your Company’s Goodwill – Non-Compete Agree-
ments,” PriceWaterhouseCoopers General Counsel Forum, 1998.

Presentation, “Structuring an Agency Producer Agreement,” sponsored by Washington Associa-

tion of Independent Insurance Agents, 1997.

Speaker, “Confidentiality of Medical Records in Washington,” sponsored by Medical Educational

Services, 1994.

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