Ephraim Arnold Jacob

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Ephraim Arnold Jacob (January 14, 1845 – August 24, 1905) was a Jewish-American lawyer and judge in New York. He was born in Philadelphia and moved to New York City with his family as a baby, where he studied. He graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1864 and Columbia Law School in 1866. He was admitted to the bar in 1867 and began practicing law in New York City. He edited several legal works, including eleven volumes of the Digest of the English Common Law (1879–1886) and the New York Common Pleas Report in Daly's Reports (volumes 10–17, 1894).

Jacob served as consul of the Central National Bank of New York City. The bank's president, William Lafayette Strong, became Mayor of New York City in January 1895. In June 1895, Strong appointed Jacob, a Democrat, as Justice of the new Court of Special Sessions for a six-year term. His term ended in 1901, and he returned to his law practice. He died at home after a short illness on August 24, 1905, leaving a wife and two daughters. He was buried in Salem Fields Cemetery.