Gretchen Jacobs has left the Phoenix office of Greenberg Traurig, to set up her own autism lobbying group.
Jacobs has an autistic daughter, and has been widely noted for her advocacy for autism research.
She joined Greenberg Traurig in 2004 as part of the national governmental affairs practice. She got her law degree at the Santa Clara University School of Law in 1995. Her legal training included study at Oxford University in England.