Abigail Jacobs

Abigail Jacobs joined the Ohio Attorney General's Office in 2012. She began her work in the Charitable Law Section with a focus on civil investigations and enforcement involving charitable trusts and fiduciary duties, gambling, and charitable fundraising. Abby currently focuses her work on nonprofit and hospital transactions and mergers and probate matters and is a leading expert in the section on charitable registration issues and how they intersect with IRS provisions affecting exempt organizations. She leads the section's five-year rule-review process and coordinates all hearings before the Joint Commission on Agency Rule Review on changes to the Ohio Administrative Code. Abby frequently provides training to charitable organizations about board governance and fiduciary duties and also serves as one of the section's public records attorneys. Prior to joining the office, she worked for a large, national charity that provides advocacy and programming for at-risk children.