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Albert H. 'Buck' Jacoby
Stafford lawyer wanted to give back to community, family
Date published: 2/24/2006
By EMILY BATTLE Albert H. "Buck" Jacoby was passionate about flying airplanes. Perhaps that was because flying connected him more quickly to an even bigger passion--his kids. Jacoby's two sons and two daughters live and study in cities spread across Virginia, and the 56-year-old Stafford lawyer would often take his plane out of Spotsylvania's Shannon Airport to see them. Jacoby's son Bert said his father was a man who stuck loyally by his friends and would do anything for his family. He had a range of interests and a drive to give back to his community that kept him busy with a long list of activities and organizations. He was active in the Stafford Rotary, in particular the group's efforts to help local Marine families settle into the community. He sang in the senior choir at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Stafford. Senior Pastor C. Richard Duncan said Jacoby recently gave a day's work to the church's efforts to rebuild its chancel. Jacoby was also an athlete. He and his wife, Elizabeth, were regular tennis players at the YMCA on Butler Road in Stafford. Robert Goodall, Jacoby's neighbor and former law partner, ran cross country with him at Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke. Running was an interest that stayed with Jacoby as an adult, and one that he passed on to his kids. "He has always encouraged us to compete," Bert Jacoby said. Bert, 23, runs competitively, he says, because of his father's interest in the sport. In the law community in Stafford, Jacoby was known as a respectful, polite lawyer who was hard to rattle, but easy to work with. Fellow lawyers also remember him for his dry sense of humor. Stafford lawyer Gordon Gay said he worked with Jacoby on several cases, sometimes on his side, sometimes on the other side. "It was always the same: He was a gentleman before, during and after the case," Gay said. "He was a joy to work with and even to work against." From his office across the street from the Stafford County Courthouse complex, Jacoby served hundreds of clients in a wide variety of cases.
Date published: 2/24/2006
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