Sybil G. Jacobs Award

The American Legacy Foundation® Honors
Probative Production Founder, Ray Goldstein
with the Sybil G. Jacobs Award

The 3rd Annual Sybil G. Jacobs Adult Award was presented by the American Legacy Foundation to Ray Goldstein, a sought-after trial consultant whose use of the tobacco industry documents in jury trials spans more than a decade. His successful courtroom work is well-known throughout the legal community and has been noted in such publications as Legal Assistant Today, The National Law Journal and Lawyers Weekly.

In 1995, Goldstein assisted in Horowitz v. Lorillard, the first of his many trials against the tobacco defendants using the industry documents as damning evidence against the cigarette companies.

In 2001, Goldstein played a key role in the Boeken trial against Philip Morris – his rigorous research and organization of thousands of industry documents paved the way to a jury verdict of $3 billion against Philip Morris.

Goldstein expressed his gratitude to the American Legacy Foundation for the Award and added, "What the tobacco industry documents prove and what juries have found is; 'Liability is the ability to tell lies.'"

Probative Production Press Room

Lawyers Weekly: Teamwork Brings Record Verdict January, 2002
Lawyers Weekly: The Power of the Paralegal December, 2003
The National Law Journal: Tobacco Takes It on the Chin February, 2003
Legal Assistant Today: Battling Big Tobacco July, 2004

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"The world is accustomed to thinking of the law as an instrument of justice, but not as an instrument of health.

We expect epidemics to be defeated in the clinic or the community, not in the courtroom.

It is time that the tools of law be harnessed in the service of global health and global justice."

World Health Organization 2002

          The American Legacy Foundation is dedicated to building a world where young people reject tobacco and anyone can quit. Located in Washington, D.C., the foundation develops programs that address the health effects of tobacco use through grants, technical assistance and training, youth activism, strategic partnerships, counter-marketing and grassroots marketing campaigns, public relations, and outreach to populations disproportionately affected by the toll of tobacco.
           The foundation’s national programs include Circle of Friends®, Great Start®, a Priority Populations Initiative, Streetheory® and truth®.
           The American Legacy Foundation was created as a result of the November 1998 Master Settlement Agreement reached between attorneys general from 46 states, five US territories and the tobacco industry.