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Richard Landini Outstanding Junior Award Finalist
Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal recipient
Jacob gives back to his community through volunteer work with Community First, United Way, and CASA, and through his ongoing participation as a speaker in Seneca High School’s Innovate Academy Pre-Law Pathway — helping young students explore careers in law and intellectual property. His commitment to inclusion and community was present from Gray Ice Higdon’s founding day, when he joined the firm’s Inclusivity & Belonging Committee as one of its original members.
Jacob Rooks is an Intellectual Property Paralegal at Gray Ice Higdon who brings something uncommon to IP prosecution: the discipline and professionalism of serving in the United States Marine Corps. That foundation shapes everything about how he works — the precision he applies to filings, the calm he brings to high-volume portfolios, and the direct, clear communication that clients say makes working with him feel straightforward and reliable.
With more than six years of IP prosecution experience, Jacob specializes in patent and trademark prosecution, portfolio management, and helping clients understand exactly where their matters stand throughout the prosecution process. He is known for completing a high volume of filings with accuracy and for managing complex portfolios with expert-level consistency.
Jacob supports in-house legal teams, mid-size companies, and manufacturing entities with the full scope of patent and trademark prosecution:
Clients describe working with Jacob as easy — he is approachable, encourages questions no matter how big or small, and always delivers clear and prompt responses. That accessibility, combined with his technical precision, makes him a paralegal that clients genuinely trust.
Client Perspective: “I always felt comfortable asking any question, no matter how big or small, and always received a clear and prompt response.”
Jacob began his IP career in April 2019 at Middleton Reutlinger before joining Gray Ice Higdon at the firm’s founding in 2023, where he became an original member of the Inclusivity & Belonging Committee. Before entering the legal field, he served in the United States Marine Corps — an experience that instilled the discipline, high professional standards, and composure under pressure that define his work today.
B.S., Criminal Justice, Indiana State University
Jacob Rooks is an Intellectual Property Paralegal at Gray Ice Higdon who brings something uncommon to IP prosecution: the discipline and professionalism of serving in the United States Marine Corps. That foundation shapes everything about how he works — the precision he applies to filings, the calm he brings to high-volume portfolios, and the direct, clear communication that clients say makes working with him feel straightforward and reliable.
With more than six years of IP prosecution experience, Jacob specializes in patent and trademark prosecution, portfolio management, and helping clients understand exactly where their matters stand throughout the prosecution process. He is known for completing a high volume of filings with accuracy and for managing complex portfolios with expert-level consistency.
Jacob supports in-house legal teams, mid-size companies, and manufacturing entities with the full scope of patent and trademark prosecution:
Clients describe working with Jacob as easy — he is approachable, encourages questions no matter how big or small, and always delivers clear and prompt responses. That accessibility, combined with his technical precision, makes him a paralegal that clients genuinely trust.
Client Perspective: “I always felt comfortable asking any question, no matter how big or small, and always received a clear and prompt response.”
Jacob began his IP career in April 2019 at Middleton Reutlinger before joining Gray Ice Higdon at the firm’s founding in 2023, where he became an original member of the Inclusivity & Belonging Committee. Before entering the legal field, he served in the United States Marine Corps — an experience that instilled the discipline, high professional standards, and composure under pressure that define his work today.
B.S., Criminal Justice, Indiana State University
Richard Landini Outstanding Junior Award Finalist
Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal recipient
Jacob gives back to his community through volunteer work with Community First, United Way, and CASA, and through his ongoing participation as a speaker in Seneca High School’s Innovate Academy Pre-Law Pathway — helping young students explore careers in law and intellectual property. His commitment to inclusion and community was present from Gray Ice Higdon’s founding day, when he joined the firm’s Inclusivity & Belonging Committee as one of its original members.
