Gregory Jacob
Gregory Jacob | |
|---|---|
| Counsel to the Vice President | |
| In office March 2020 – January 2021 | |
| Vice President | Mike Pence |
| Preceded by | Matthew E. Morgan |
| Succeeded by | Josh Hsu |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Amherst College University of Chicago |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Gregory Jacob is an American lawyer who was legal counsel to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence during the administration of Donald Trump. He is currently a partner in the Washington office of the law firm, O'Melveny & Myers, specializing in ERISA matters.
Upon learning of attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, Jacob worked to refute a fringe theory pushed in the Eastman memos by Trump attorney John Eastman that the vice president held unilateral authority to reject States' electors.