Diana Leigh Jacobs
Recognized since 2012
Charleston, West Virginia
Practice Areas
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Diana L. Jacobs is a partner in the Charleston office of Bowles Rice and focuses her practice on litigation, with an emphasis on toxic tort litigation, products liability, premises liability, class actions and asbestos litigation. She also has experience defending medical monitoring claims. Prior to joining the firm, she was Assistant Prosecutor with the Kanawha County Prosecutor’s Office, and also served three years in private practice.
Ms. Jacobs received her bachelor of arts degree in political science from the University of Toledo and earned her law degree from the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond. In 1995, she attended the Summer Law Program at Cambridge University, Cambridge, England.
She is admitted to practice in West Virginia the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States of America.
In 2009, Ms. Jacobs was nominated for membership in the Litigation Counsel of American, a trial lawyer honorary composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers.
She has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America (Mass Torts Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants) and named to The State Journal’s annual “Generation Next: 40 Under 40” in 2010.
Ms. Jacobs received her bachelor of arts degree in political science from the University of Toledo and earned her law degree from the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond. In 1995, she attended the Summer Law Program at Cambridge University, Cambridge, England.
She is admitted to practice in West Virginia the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States of America.
In 2009, Ms. Jacobs was nominated for membership in the Litigation Counsel of American, a trial lawyer honorary composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers.
She has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America (Mass Torts Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants) and named to The State Journal’s annual “Generation Next: 40 Under 40” in 2010.
Contact & Links
Location
- 600 Quarrier Street
Charleston, WV 25301
Education
- University of Richmond, J.D., graduated 1997
- University of Toledo, BA, graduated 1994
Bar Admissions
- West Virginia, The West Virginia State Bar
- Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Bar Association
Headquarters:
Charleston, West Virginia
39 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
15 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Charleston, WV (2022)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Awards:
- Named to Best Lawyers in America (Mass Torts Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants)
- Named to “Generation Next: 40 Under 40” by The State Journal (2010)
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Mass Tort Litigation
Publications
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