Jacobs Counsel
The law firm of the future,
for the work you need done today.
Outside Counsel | Gaming | Athletes/NIL | Creators
We help you negotiate contracts, structure deals, and make informed business decisions.
A short conversation about fit, timing and next steps.
- Director, Seton Hall Annual Gaming Law Bootcamp
- Super Lawyers Rising Star, Entertainment & Sports Law (NY Metro and NJ)
- Licensed in New York, New Jersey, and Ohio
Free legal guides
Start with a clearer picture.
Practical guides for gaming operators, athletes and growing companies. Explore the issues and questions to bring to counsel.
Gaming Law
Gaming Compliance 101
Understand skill, chance, sweepstakes and the compliance questions behind a gaming launch.
10 pages · PDF
NIL/Sports
NIL and Revenue Sharing Guide
Understand school payments, outside NIL deals and the contract questions that affect an athlete’s earnings.
12 pages · PDF
Startups
The Startup Legal Playbook
Compare legal support models and prepare your growing company for contracts, funding and recurring legal work.
10 pages · PDF
Client perspective.
5.0 on GoogleAs an entrepreneur building my own business, I am grateful to have Drew as my trusted legal counsel. His work is prompt, thorough, professional, and relatable.
Drew and his team are the best of the best. Honest, hardworking, and reliable. They've handled a wide range of legal projects on our behalf and they always deliver quality work - on time.
Two ways to work together.
Ongoing Counsel
Recurring legal support for companies across industries. The engagement sets out the scope, staffing and fee structure, with principal-led supervision.
Defined Projects
A contract, transaction, legal opinion or other defined piece of work. We agree the deliverables, assumptions and fee structure in writing.
What happens next
- Fit call with Jamee — Share what you are working on, your timing and the help you need.
- Conflicts and scope — The team reviews fit and conflicts, then proposes the scope, staffing and fees.
- Written engagement — The signed agreement sets out what we will do and on what terms.
The team
A legal team built for how these industries actually move.
Every engagement is principal-led. Qualified attorneys are assigned based on complexity and need, with shared context, centralized quality control, and firm accountability. We serve as corporate and commercial outside counsel to companies across industries, with deeper experience in gaming and betting, technology and AI, sports and NIL, creators, and hospitality — so regulatory and commercial issues can be coordinated through one team.
The firm was founded by Drew Jacobs, Director of the Seton Hall Annual Gaming Law Bootcamp and a Super Lawyers Rising Star for Entertainment and Sports Law in New Jersey and New York Metro. We are licensed in New York, New Jersey, and Ohio.
Questions, answered.
Can Jacobs Counsel serve as ongoing outside counsel?
Yes. Jacobs Counsel serves as ongoing outside counsel to companies across industries. Recurring outside-counsel work may be hourly, retainer-based, or hybrid. Every engagement is principal-led, qualified attorneys are assigned based on complexity and need, and the firm maintains centralized context, quality control, and accountability.
What kind of gaming work do you handle?
Multi-state legal analysis for sweepstakes, skill, casino, and betting products, including 50-state legal opinions, launch assessments, promotions and platform review, and ongoing compliance strategy as products and state law change.
Do you work with athletes and sports businesses?
Yes. NIL and endorsement deals, rev-share agreements, agency contracts, brand and IP protection, and the corporate work behind athlete-owned ventures.
How do you structure engagements?
Recurring work may be hourly, retainer-based, or hybrid. Fixed fees are used for defined projects where assumptions and deliverables are clear. The written engagement letter sets the scope, staffing, fee structure, assumptions, and any budget guardrails.
How do we get started?
You tell us what you are working on through a short intake, or book a free 15-minute fit call with Jamee — a short conversation about fit, timing, and next steps. The team then reviews fit and conflicts and comes back with the proposed scope, staffing, and fees, confirmed in a written engagement letter.
Tell us what you are working on.
Start with a free 15-minute fit call with Jamee, or share the situation through our intake form. If we are a fit, the team will review conflicts and propose the scope, staffing and fees in a written engagement.