Advocate Jacob Henry Zoghlin

Jacob is a Partner with The Zoghlin Group and Chairs the firm’s Cannabis Law practice group. His practice focuses on environmental, zoning, land use, cannabis, energy, & municipal law. He counsels individuals, businesses, & municipalities, and helps them resolve their issues by advocating, educating, advising, & litigating on their behalf.
In his municipal practice, Jacob provides special counsel services to municipal boards, and advises clients on a wide range of procedural and legal issues. His practice also focuses on ensuring government entities comply with the law, and has included litigation related to New York’s Administrative Procedure Act, Freedom of Information Law, and Open Meetings Law.
In his zoning and land use practice, Jacob works on matters involving site plan, incentive zoning, special local approvals/permits, variances, and other real estate development applications. Jacob has prosecuted and argued Article 78 proceedings in New York State trial and appellate courts, advised public and private sector clients on the State Environmental Quality Review Act, and worked with clients on environmental and land use regulations.
In his cannabis law practice, Jacob helps entrepreneurs grow their businesses the right way by navigating them through complex state and local requirements, advising them on license applications to the New York State Cannabis Control Board, assisting them with statutory and regulatory compliance, and helping them identify social equity benefits available under the Marihuana Regulations and Taxation Act.
Jacob is also enthusiastically involved in the local and state community. He is an active member of the New York State Bar Association and Monroe County Bar Association, is a prolific blogger on legal issues, and has repeatedly lectured on, and participated as a panelist for, continuing legal education courses involving new, interesting, or emerging areas of law. Jacob is also a member of the New York State Bar Association’s Cannabis Law Section, where he has chaired the Local Government Committee since 2022. Jacob also serves on the Board of Directors for the Flower City Arts Center (a Rochester-based non-profit), and previously served as an attorney observer on the Board of Directors for a Philadelphia-based nonprofit, the Senior Law Center.
Jacob has worked with The Zoghlin Group since 2016, when Senior Partner Mindy Zoghlin, Esq. formed the firm after nearly thirty years of practice. Before joining The Zoghlin Group, Jacob worked on environmental and municipal law matters with Bansbach Zoghlin PC, represented clients in a Human Rights Litigation Clinic, worked for the National Labor Relations Board, and interned for a Superior Court Judge in Washington, DC. He also previously worked with an employment litigation firm and a civil rights advocacy group in the Washington, DC area.
Jacob graduated cum laude from American University Washington College of Law, where he served as Senior Staff on the Journal of Gender, Social Policy, & the Law, and was a published author on the Human Rights Brief.
Jacob was born and raised in the Rochester, NY area and enjoys soup-making, skiing, being outdoors, and traveling with his wife and son.