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James Mckiernan

Personal Injury Law

21 Santa Rosa St., STE 300, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405

Firm founder, James McKiernan, is a San Luis Obispo personal injury attorney with over 35 years of legal experience. The results he has obtained for his clients has merited his inclusion in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. This is a prestigious group of trial lawyers who have won million-dollar settlements and verdicts for their clients. Less than one percent of all lawyers in the U.S. belong to this organization; this demonstrates the difficulty of achieving such a high level of results for personal injury victims.

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James McLaren

James McLaren

Distinguished Lawyer

Family and Divorce Law

1508 Laurel St, Columbia, SC 29201, USA

James T. McLaren has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for nearly two decades. He is listed in the S.C. Super Lawyers publication under the Family Law designation. He and his firm have received the highest rating ("AV"), afforded lawyers for legal ability and ethics, in the Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory. His statewide practice primarily involves complex matrimonial litigation and trial work in addition to dispute resolution including mediation and arbitration as an American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - Certified Mediator and Arbitrator. He has held numerous positions affiliated with Family Law including admission as a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, where he is currently serving as National President and on various committees. He is a Fellow in the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He has served as President of the South Carolina Chapter of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms since 2007. He has served as President of the South Carolina Chapter and National Delegate. He is a Diplomate in the American College of Family Trial Lawyers. He has served as chair of the Family Law Sections of the South Carolina Bar, the South Carolina Trial Lawyer’s Association (now the American Association for Justice), and the Richland County Bar Association. He is a longstanding member of the Family Law Sections of the American Bar Association, the American Association For Justice, the South Carolina Bar, the South Carolina Association For Justice, and the Richland County Bar Association. Mr. McLaren has authored numerous articles and has been a speaker in over 95 Family Law Continuing Legal Education Seminars, including state and national Judicial Conferences and New Family Court Judges Schools. He also co-authored important Legislation that impacts Family Law in South Carolina.

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James Minick

Criminal Defense Law

30 Orchard St, Asheville, NC 28801

James ?Jake? Minick devotes his practice to helping and defending individuals charged with Driving While Impaired. ?Most of my clients charged with DWI have never been in trouble before and are dealing with the social stigma associated with this crime. We help these clients get their lives back on track and remind them that this arrest is not going to be what defines them as a person.? James is a General Member of the National College for DUI Defense and regularly writes about, speaks on, and attends conferences related to DWI. Minick Law P.C. has offices in Asheville, Charlotte, Gastonia, Waynesville, and Wilmington. James and his beautiful wife Laura have seven children.

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James Noble

James Noble

Distinguished Lawyer

Civil Litigation

751 Avignon Drive, Suite B, Ridgeland, MS 39157-5161

James F. Noble III (Jamie) has been litigating cases in state and federal courts for more than 30 years. He received his undergraduate degree from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1985, and his law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1989. He is proud of being the third generation lawyer at a family law firm founded by his grandfather. Mr. Noble’s grandfather and father each practiced for more than 50 years.

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James Nolletti

James Nolletti

Distinguished Lawyer

Family and Divorce Law

1 N Lexington Ave, White Plains, NY 10601, USA

James Nolletti is an accomplished negotiator and litigator with over three decades of wide-ranging experience in matrimonial and family law cases. He is the founder of Nolletti Law Group, a firm focused exclusively on the unique needs of its divorce and family law clients. Formerly, Mr. Nolletti was the supervising partner of the family law and matrimonial litigation practice at the White Plains firm of Collier, Halpern, Newberg & Nolletti. James Nolletti began his career as a criminal trial prosecutor in the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office and has since represented clients in numerous and notable cases at both the trial and appellate court levels.

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James P. Frantz

James P. Frantz

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

402 W. Broadway, Suite 860, San Diego, CA 92101

Throughout his years as a California personal injury lawyer, James P. Frantz has received numerous landmark verdicts, including the second largest in San Diego County’s history. He fights for the rights for clients who have been seriously harmed in accidents or due to another’s negligence. He has handed almost every type of injury claim and has experience as a skilled litigator as well as from being an arbitrator for the past three decades. Attorney Frantz has been listed in Super Lawyers® for eight consecutive years, and is one of the Best Lawyers in America® for six years. He is skilled at handling cases ranging from personal injury and negligence and major mass torts and class action lawsuits. Call the Frantz Law Group today for a free consultation with Mr. Frantz.

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James Painter

James Painter

Distinguished Lawyer

Medical Malpractice Law

5775 Glenridge Drive, Building E, Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30328

Jim practices in the area of general civil litigation, with an emphasis on medical malpractice defense. Managing partner of our Augusta office, Jim?s practice focuses on representing hospitals, physicians, nursing homes and other health care providers throughout Georgia and South Carolina. From pre-suit investigation through final judgment, Jim has obtained numerous medical malpractice defense verdicts in State and Federal Courts. He also handles comprehensive general insurance defense, including suits involving allegations of premises liability, product liability, defamation, breach of contract, worker?s compensation, and automobile and trucking liability.

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James Parker

Civil Litigation

100 SE 2nd Street, 2600, Miami, FL 33131

James K. Parker was born and raised in Orlando, Florida. Jim graduated from the University of Miami School of Law in 1973. He is an AV-rated trial attorney that has been in litigation practice in southern Florida for 45 years. Jim is a named partner with the Firm and is also certified by the Supreme Court of Florida as a Circuit Court Mediator and is a member of the Florida Academy of Professional Mediators. During his 45 years of practice, Jim has concentrated his efforts as a litigator representing clients in a broad range of disputes involving negligence, personal injury, wrongful death, premises liability, products liability, medical malpractice, professional liability, employment practices liability, broker’s errors and omissions, insurance coverage issues, declaratory actions, homeowners associations, condominium associations, construction defects and commercial litigation. Representative clients include Axis Insurance, AIG Insurance Companies, and Travelers Insurance Company. Most of Jim’s practice is devoted to the representation of insurers and their insureds, but his practice also includes the representation of Plaintiffs. After graduation from law school, Jim was appointed as an Assistant State Attorney under then State Attorney, Richard Gerstein. He then went into private practice representing clients in all levels of criminal defense matters. In 1976, he joined the law firm of Samuel M. Spatzer, P.A. practicing civil litigation. In 1982, Jim established his own firm in Coconut Grove, Florida. He became partner of Cohn, Parker & Cohn, P.A. in 1990. In 2004, he joined Boyd Richards Parker & Colonnelli, P.L. to participate in the handling of the firm’s many complex adversarial proceedings.

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James Peacock

James Peacock

Distinguished Lawyer

Intellectual Property Law

370 Convention Way, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA

Jim Peacock (San Carlos, CA) has founded and managed five med-tech companies launched in funded operations via more than $200 million of investment capital raised since 1997, and with multiple successful exits and disruptive products brought successfully to market. He is a named inventor on more than 45 issued U.S. Patents, and has co-authored numerous awarded abstracts, podium presentations, and grants in various scientific fields. He is also a frequent speaker, panelist/judge, and guest lecturer about high tech start-ups at graduate law, business, and engineering schools. Mr. Peacock is also a Registered Patent Attorney and member of the California State Bar. He continues to advise other start-ups as Of Counsel consultant to Mahamedi IP Law LLP, and was previously Of Counsel to O’Banion & Ritchey LLP and an Associate Attorney at Morrison & Foerster LLP. In October 2015, Mr. Peacock was honored by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group as a “Featured Innovator” at the launch celebration for the Silicon Valley Regional Office of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Earlier in his career, he was a Senior R&D Engineer at Guidant Corp, and previously an R&D Engineer at Baxter American Edwards.Jim Peacock (San Carlos, CA) has founded and managed five med-tech companies launched in funded operations via more than $200 million of investment capital raised since 1997, and with multiple successful exits and disruptive products brought successfully to market. He is a named inventor on more than 45 issued U.S. Patents, and has co-authored numerous awarded abstracts, podium presentations, and grants in various scientific fields. He is also a frequent speaker, panelist/judge, and guest lecturer about high tech start-ups at graduate law, business, and engineering schools. Mr. Peacock is also a Registered Patent Attorney and member of the California State Bar. He continues to advise other start-ups as Of Counsel consultant to Mahamedi IP Law LLP, and was previously Of Counsel to O’Banion & Ritchey LLP and an Associate Attorney at Morrison & Foerster LLP. In October 2015, Mr. Peacock was honored by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group as a “Featured Innovator” at the launch celebration for the Silicon Valley Regional Office of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Earlier in his career, he was a Senior R&D Engineer at Guidant Corp, and previously an R&D Engineer at Baxter American Edwards.

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James Power

James Power

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

70 W Madison, Suite 5500, Chicago, IL 60602

Mr. Power joined the law firm of Power Rogers in November of 2016. Mr. Power primarily focuses his practice in the area of personal injury and wrongful death including medical malpractice, automotive and trucking negligence, products liability, premises liability, breach of contract and other professional malpractice. In addition, Mr. Power assists Mr. Devon Bruce in pursuing environmental claims on behalf of home-rule cities and small towns across the State of Illinois. Since joining the firm, Mr. Power has successfully secured or assisted in securing over $400 million on behalf of the firm's clients. These successes include a $95.4 million verdict obtained on behalf of a truck driver who suffered bi-lateral above the knee amputation following a crushing injury in premises/products liability case; a $5 million verdict obtained on behalf of a secretary who was shot in the foot during a work-place violence incident that occurred at a downtown high-rise building in a negligent security case; a $21.6 million verdict obtained on behalf of a truck driver who suffered a severe brain injury after falling from his truck due to a faulty grab handle in a products liability case; a $17.5 million settlement in a case where a bicyclist suffered a below the knee amputation of her right leg after a semi-truck took a right turn in front of her in a general negligence lawsuit; a $5.7 million judgment brought on behalf of a law firm against the firm's former client who refused to pay fair and reasonable compensation in a breach of contract action; a $6 million (limits of insurance policy) settlement obtained on behalf of an acrobat who was injured on a movie set in a general negligence lawsuit; a $5.3 million settlement obtained on behalf of an individual who obtained an infection at a hospital in a products liability lawsuit; a $10 million settlement obtained on behalf of an individual who was shot by Chicago Police Officers; and a $25 million settlement obtained on behalf of an individual who was rendered a quadriplegic following a fall on a boat while out on Lake Michigan. Mr. Power has extensive experience in the areas of pre-trial motion practice, pre-trial litigation, including the taking and defending of expert and fact witness depositions, and litigation. At a time when most young lawyers are hard pressed to obtain any real trial experience, Mr. Power has already served as the 1st or 2nd chair on numerous trials over his short career. Prior to attending the University of Arizona where he studied history and political science, Mr. Power grew up in the City of Chicago, on the City's Northside. After obtaining his undergraduate degree in 2012, Mr. Power returned to Chicago to attend Loyola University Chicago School of Law. During his time at Loyola, Mr. Power focused his studies in the areas of civil litigation and trial advocacy, while working full time as a law clerk for Power Rogers. In 2016, Mr. Power received his JD from Loyola as well as a certificate of merit from the school's trial advocacy program. Mr. Power is admitted to practice law in the State of Illinois, as well as the United States District Court for the State of Illinois. Mr. Power is an active member of various professional organizations including, the Chicago Bar Association, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association and the American Association for Justice.

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James Puga

Personal Injury Law

950 S Cherry St, STE 600, Denver, CO 80246

Mr. Puga is a devoted and dedicated trial lawyer, nationally recognized in the areas of personal injury and medical malpractice with a keen understanding of medical procedures and standards of practice. Jim’s dogged determination on behalf of his clients and relentless pursuit of justice for those injured by the negligence of others has resulted in multiple multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. Jim won the largest medical malpractice jury verdict in the history of the state of Colorado, $17.9 million, on behalf of a child with brain damage. Jim has successfully tried, settled, or is currently handling cases throughout the United States, including the states of Colorado, Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Ohio, Washington, and Wyoming and is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. Jim was a University Scholar at the University of Denver, graduating cum laude and with honors in political science and history. Jim then attended the University of Denver College of Law on a College of Law scholarship, graduating in 1989. Jim is well-versed in all manners of personal injury law and medical malpractice, but has a specific emphasis on birth injury cases, representing babies and children who suffer serious injuries resulting in cerebral palsy. Jim is a past co-chair of the American Association of Justice’s Birth Trauma Litigation Group, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the AAJ Birth Trauma Litigation Group.

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James R. Haffner

James R. Haffner

Distinguished Lawyer

Family and Divorce Law

140 Grand St suite 800, White Plains, NY 10601, USA

James R. Haffner is a Partner with Kitson, Haffner & Hyde, LLP. His areas of practice include matrimonial and family law, estate planning and administration. Mr. Haffner, a College of the Holy Cross graduate, received his Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law and has graduated from the Houston Family Law Trial Institute. During law school, Mr. Haffner was a staff member of the Fordham Journal of Corporate and Financial Law and a recipient of the Archibald R. Murray Public Service Award, which he earned representing immigrants in housing disputes with predatory landlords. He served as a research assistant to the Honorable Evan J. Wallach of the United States Court of International Trade and a judicial intern for the Honorable Vanessa L. Bryant of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. Mr. Haffner brings his passion for service to others to his approach to family and matrimonial disputes and in assisting clients navigate the difficult legal landscape to reach the best result possible. Mr. Haffner assists clients in estate planning and administration matters including preparation of wills, living wills, healthcare proxies, and powers of attorney to effectuate a clients’ wishes. Mr. Haffner is admitted in New York and Connecticut and is a member of the Westchester County Bar Association, the New York Bar Association, and the New York City Bar Association.

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James Raftery

Personal Injury Law

32901 Middlebelt Rd, Farmington Hills, MI 48334

For over 30 years, Mr. Raftery has been a trial attorney called upon to represent both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of personal injury and insurance matters, including auto, construction, premises, dog bite, art fraud and first amendment issues, just to name a few. His clients have included doctors, lawyers, judges, landlords, property owners, construction companies, as well as numerous other individuals from all walks of life who have been injured in various types of accidents. In 2010 Mr. Raftery was recognized by Detroit Business as one of the ?top lawyers? in insurance defense. And, in 2016, Mr. Raftery was awarded the ?10 best? in client satisfaction by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys. Mr. Raftery has served as an expert on behalf of other attorneys in legal malpractice claims. He has served as both a defense and neutral arbitrator, mediator and facilitative mediator. Mr. Raftery has obtained successful jury verdicts throughout the state of Michigan. He has been admitted to practice law in Michigan since 1982, the U.S. Federal Courts since 1983, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit since 1997. Mr. Raftery is a graduate of the University of Detroit High School (1974); Central Michigan University (1998); and University of Detroit Law School (1981).

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James Rainey

James Rainey

Featured Lawyer

Elder Law

3809 W Waco Dr, Waco, TX 76710

P. James Rainey is a founding attorney at Rainey & Rainey. He proudly handles practice areas that include elder law, estate planning, and personal injury cases. With over two decades of experience in the legal field and a board certification in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, he has a great deal to offer his clients. James earned his Juris Doctorate from Baylor University School of Law in 1994. James is a former president of the Waco/McLennan County Bar Association and the Waco Chamber of Commerce Leadership program, and is the current president-elect for the Midway ISD Foundation

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James Roswold

James Roswold

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

510 Walnut, Suite 100, Kansas City, MO 64106

James Roswold has been in practice since 1990. While still in law school, he obtained early litigation experience as a member of the Iowa Legal Clinic. During law school, he gained additional litigation experience clerking for a sole practitioner whose practice included personal injury. James is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management in Minneapolis, MN, graduating magna cum laude, and University of Iowa Law School in Iowa City, IA, receiving his law degree and graduating with distinction, and he is admitted to practice law in both State and Federal Courts in Missouri. James started his legal career working for a defense litigation firm, where he handled personal injury, insurance, FELA, and asbestos cases. In a short time working for a defense firm, he gained an insight into "the other side's" preparation of a civil case, something that would become highly useful in his practice just three years later when he joined a law firm in Kansas City, MO and began his career of representing victims of injury accidents and medical negligence. There he was involved in all types of civil litigation, aggressively pursuing personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, consumer fraud, charitable fundraising, property insurance and workers' compensation cases on behalf of injured victims. Two years later, he helped start a law firm in Kansas City, MO representing personal injury victims where he became a partner in 1999. Fourteen years later, James decided he could best serve his clients by opening his own office for the practice of law in cases dealing with injured victims of personal injury, medical negligence, wrongful death, workers compensation, nursing home negligence, premises liability, product liability, and accident cases. James welcomes all calls about any personal injury accident, work injury, nursing home injury, wrongful death, or injury from a doctor or hospital in the State of Missouri. He promises to give you a straightforward honest answer about every question you might ask.

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James Scarff II

James Scarff II

Featured Lawyer

Criminal Defense Law

245 S 84th St ste l100, Lincoln, NE 68510, USA

James N. Scarff, II, is a transplant from Jackson, Mississippi, where he was born and raised. After high school he initially played football at the University of Mississippi until an injury ended his football career. He then transferred to Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi where he would receive his Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in May 2003. Shortly thereafter, James received his Master of Business Administration degree from Millsaps College in May 2005. While at Millsaps College he received the Millsaps Award, Endowed Scholarship, and the Dean’s Scholarship. In August of 2005, James began law school at Mississippi College School of Law in Jackson, Mississippi. While in law school, James was a member of the Environmental Law Society and one of the founding members of the Sports & Entertainment Law Society, while managing to stay on the Dean’s List. After graduating in the top quarter of his law school class, James went to work for The Penton Law Firm out of Bogalusa, Louisiana where he practiced Mass Tort Litigation. His firm also served on the Plaintiff Steering Committee (PSC) for those harmed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. His main focus at the firm was global pharmaceutical settlements and Multi-District Litigation (MDL). Those cases included Vytorin, Vioxx, Celebrex, Viagra, DPC Arizona, and other mass tort actions. Over $400 million in settlement funds was distributed. In June 2009, James moved back home to his roots in Jackson, MS and started his own practice. At Scarff Law Firm, LLC, James took on personal injury cases, domestic/family law cases, DUI, criminal defense, and business transactions. At that time, he was also general counsel for three separate businesses. While continuing his own practice, James became a trial lawyer associate at The McRae Law Firm, PLLC, in May 2012 and worked on briefing appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court as well as Federal Court in the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. In December 2015, James reconnected with his old high school sweetheart who had moved to Omaha, Nebraska after college. After a brief courtship, he married Emily Knight Scarff in May 2017 and promptly moved to Omaha, Nebraska. Where he shares a blended family with his wife. He has two step-sons, Hayden and Hudson Koesters, and a new addition to the Scarff Family came in September 2018, Colt Hayes Scarff. James also has a daughter, Emery Rose Scarff, who resides with her mother back in Mississippi.

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Personal Injury Law

8714 Sanshire Ave, Dallas, TX 75231, USA

J. Taylor Shaw joined FSSV as an Associate in May 2019. Mr. Shaw assists in representing business entities and individuals in a variety of matters including non-subscriber employer defense, commercial disputes, personal injury, and insurance-related matters. Prior to joining FSSV, Mr. Shaw primarily practiced commercial litigation, though Mr. Shaw also handled a wide range of corporate and transactional matters during the first year of his practice. Mr. Shaw received his J.D. in May 2017 from the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, which he attended as a Dean’s Scholarship recipient. During law school, Mr. Shaw served as an Articles Editor and Staff Editor for the SMU Science & Technology Law Review. Mr. Shaw received his B.G.S., with a focus in History and Afro-American and African Studies, in May 2014 from the University of Michigan, where he was a member of the Order of Omega honors fraternity. Mr. Shaw has been licensed to practice law in the State of Texas since November 2017 and in the District of Columbia since May 2019.

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James Shoemaker

Civil Litigation

12350 Jefferson Ave #300, Newport News, VA 23602, USA

Jamie Shoemaker focuses his practice on whistleblower and employment law. He has tried more than seventy cases to verdict in state and federal courts of record throughout the United States, before arbitration panels, Administrative Law Judges and other forums. He has successfully resolved hundreds more of his clients' claims through mediation and negotiated settlement. Highly experienced in complex litigation, Jamie has served as lead counsel and co-lead counsel in some of the most significant False Claims Act (“FCA”) and employment cases in the United States. Jamie represented the successful whistleblower in U.S. ex rel Williams v. Reckitt Benckiser Group (“RBG”) which settled for a total of $1.4 billion dollars in 2019 – at the time it was the largest fraud settlement ever obtained related to the opioid crisis. In 2021, he represented the same client against a Reckitt subsidiary that resulted in an additional $600 million dollar settlement. Though Jamie’s client was the third to file against the Reckitt family of companies, he was the first lawyer to name the London-based parent, RBG. As a result, Jamie’s client was deemed first-filed as to both cases and won a high eight-figure whistleblower award. Jamie also represented one of the eight successful relators in the 2009 recovery against Pfizer totaling $2.3 billion. The Pfizer and Reckitt settlements are each among the top 5 FCA settlements ever obtained. In 2017, Jamie obtained the largest FMLA verdict ever returned in Virginia, and one of the largest in the U.S. He has achieved wage and hour class action recoveries that are among the largest ever obtained in the Southeast. He was named one of Virginia’s ten “Go To Employment Lawyers” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly in 2022. Jamie holds Martindale Hubbell’s AV Preeminent rating, that firm’s highest rating for quality and integrity. Since 2006, Jamie has been listed in "Best Lawyers in America," a publication which seeks to identify the country's top practitioners through a national survey of lawyers and judges. For the past sixteen years Virginia Business Magazine has named him to its "Virginia Legal Elite" listing of the state's top lawyers. In 2005, the New York Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association awarded Jamie their Courageous Advocate Award at a ceremony in Manhattan. Jamie attended the Virginia Military Institute on a Navy ROTC scholarship and received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from VMI in 1984. Upon his graduation from VMI, he was commissioned as a naval officer and served four years on active duty and three years in the reserves. While on active duty, he served as navigator and tactical action officer aboard a destroyer and made two deployments to the North Atlantic and Middle East. In 1991, after his naval service, he received his Juris Doctor from the University of Richmond. Virginia Governor George Allen appointed Jamie as a commissioner of the seven member Hampton Roads Sanitation District Commission in 1995. HRSD is a public wastewater utility with an annual budget of approximately $200,000,000.00. He was reappointed to HRSD by Governor Jim Gilmore in 2000. Jamie served as president and trustee of the Sarah Bonwell Hudgins Foundation for over ten years. He has also served on the Boards of the Peninsula Metropolitan YMCA, Peninsula Legal Aid, St. Andrews Episcopal School, the Fort Monroe Authority Finance Committee, and Christopher Newport University Sailing Foundation. He is a former board member and president of the Hampton Roads Federal Bar Association. Jamie currently serves on the Peninsula Regional Board of Old Point National Bank. Jamie resides in Poquoson, Virginia, with his wife, Kimberly. They have a daughter, Jill, who is a reporter and aspiring actress in Chicago.

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James Tabor

Family and Divorce Law

2020 Dean Street, Suite K, ST CHARLES, IL 60174

Upon graduating from law school, Mr. Tabor was first employed as a criminal prosecutor and subsequently as an assistant public defender where he conducted numerous hearings and trials, both bench and jury. Practicing on both sides of criminal law gave Mr. Tabor a unique perspective on analyzing factual scenarios in an objective manner. In 2000, he began practicing Family Law on a full time basis and has remained doing so ever since. In 2003 he founded Tabor Law Offices, and since that time he has become an experienced family law practitioner and mediator. Mr. Tabor has a proven, successful track record of both contested trials and custody mediations. He received his B.A. from Northern Illinois University, and his J.D. from Loyola University of Chicago, in 1997.

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James Taglieri

Featured Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

1100 Connecticut Avenue NW, 730, Washington, DC 20036

A native of Jersey City, New Jersey, James Taglieri has extensive legal experience, as evidenced by his many professional affiliations and honors.

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James Volling

James Volling

Distinguished Lawyer

Civil Litigation

90 South 7th Street, Suite 2200, Minneapolis, MN 55402

Jim Volling is a commercial litigator who puts decades of experience, Supreme Court clerkship experience and client commitment to work for businesses. He has represented corporate clients in complex commercial disputes valuing up to several billion dollars, as well as representing individuals and institutions in white collar criminal matters and investigations.

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James W. Bacher

James W. Bacher

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

3 W 35th St floor 6, New York, NY 10001, USA

James Bacher is an accomplished litigation and trial attorney with a rich educational background and a commitment to legal education and community service. He began his academic journey at Kent State University (Kent, Ohio), earning his undergraduate degree in 2000. Mr. Bacher's passion for law and public service led him to Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY), where he completed a dual-degree program in 2003, obtaining a Juris Doctor from the College of Law and a Master of Public Administration from the prestigious Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Not one to rest on his laurels, Mr. Bacher furthered his expertise in Law and Government by securing a Master of Laws degree with a specialization in Small Business and Nonprofit Management from The American University (Washington, DC) in 2005. Professionally, Attorney Bacher is dually licensed, admitted to the bar in the States of New York (2005) and Ohio (2008). His credentials also extend to practicing law before the Southern and Eastern District Courts of New York and in 2013 he was admitted as an Attorney and Counselor of the Supreme Court of the United States of America in Washington, DC. Outside the courtroom, Mr. Bacher's dedication to academia shines through. Since 2008, he has been an esteemed Adjunct Associate Professor with the Political Science faculty at Hunter College. His pedagogical contributions encompass a wide range of courses such as New York City Politics, American Government, Public Administration and Policy, and Constitutional Law. A fervent believer in community and professional involvement, Mr. Bacher maintains active memberships in several legal associations. This includes the New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA), New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers, New York State Bar Association, and the Bronx County Bar Association. His leadership capabilities were highlighted when he served on the Board of Trustees for the Lake Erie International Model United Nations (LEIMUN) and was honored with the Presidential Call to Service Award in 2008. Additionally, his legal acumen has been acknowledged nationally through his induction as a member of The Order of Barristers. If you or a loved one has been injured due to someone else's negligence, you are encouraged to reach out and schedule a consultation. Attorney Bacher is here to help you every step of the way, and will work tirelessly to ensure that your rights are protected. You can contact Attorney Bacher at (212) 634-7852 or at [email protected] . We look forward to speaking with you and learning more about your case.

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James W. Vititoe

James W. Vititoe

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

5707 Corsa Ave suite 201, Westlake Village, CA 91362, USA

Award winning Westlake Village personal injury attorney, Jim Vititoe, is one of the most respected attorneys in the United States. Over the past 30 years Jim and his team of lawyers have been involved in cases resulting in settlements of over $1 Billion dollars. Jim has a long track record as a consumer advocate and has been involved in numerous landmark legal cases. Additionally, he was a key part of the water contamination case in Hinkley, California made famous by the Academy award winning film, Erin Brockovich. Westlake Village personal injury attorneys at Vititoe Law Group, continue to work with Erin Brockovich as she advocates on behalf of people all over the country who have been negatively affected by the negligence of others. Jim Vititoe and his group of personal injury attorneys are passionate about helping victims in California as well the United States as a whole.

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James Wilcox

Intellectual Property Law

1737 King St suite 500, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA

James Wilcox focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation and patent prosecution. His experience encompasses numerous trials and a variety of aspects of patent litigation and false advertising litigation in multiple forums, including the district courts, appellate courts, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. James has experience with pre-litigation analysis and strategy preparation; drafting of pleadings, motions, and replies; working with experts – from initial identification through expert reports, deposition and pre-trial preparation; analyzing and preparing non-infringement and invalidity contentions; overseeing document production and review; preparing written discovery requests and responses; taking and defending depositions of fact and expert witnesses, including 30(b)(6) designees; and summary judgment briefing. He has handled litigation matters involving a broad spectrum of technologies, including consumer goods, software, pharmaceuticals and polymer additives. As a patent prosecutor, James drafted and prosecuted patent applications in a variety of technological areas, including those involving the consumer goods, electrical, chemical, electromechanical and materials science arts. His technical knowledge in these fields is rooted in his strong physics background developed while obtaining his degree from the Florida State University. While pursuing his juris doctorate, James worked for Human Rights Quarterly, was the president of the Intellectual Property Law Society, the treasurer of the Intellectual Property society and the intellectual property representative to the Student Bar Association. James has been honored by Best Lawyers in America© since 2021 in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch edition in the areas of Intellectual Property Law, Litigation: Intellectual Property, and Patent Law.

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James Yukevich

James Yukevich

Distinguished Lawyer

Civil Litigation

355 S Grand Ave 15th floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA

In his 30 years of legal experience starting in the Bronx, New York District Attorney’s Office where he prosecuted violent felons and murderers to Partner in a major New York Firm, to Acting General Counsel in a major international corporation, to starting his own law firm in Los Angeles, California in 1995, Jim Yukevich has done it all. With over 100 jury trials in venues across the United States, many lasting over 2 months, Mr. Yukevich has earned a reputation in the legal community as an honest, trustworthy, and tenacious litigator and trial lawyer. He is known for his keen ability to cross-examine opposing expert witnesses, and construct complex factual, scientific, and legal issues into unambiguous and straightforward narratives for both judges and jurors. Mr. Yukevich fears no judge, opposing counsel, courtroom, or complicated case. A skilled negotiator, he delivers optimal results for his clients in mediations and settlement discussions. If attempts at resolution fail, he has repeatedly tried and won the most difficult and challenging cases. In contested liability cases, Mr. Yukevich has achieved an impressive win rate, exceeding 90%, and has acted as regional and national coordinating counsel for Fortune 500 companies. His courtroom successes have been recognized among the Top 20 Defense Verdicts each year from 2009-2015, and 2017-2019. Over 25 years ago, Mr. Yukevich founded his Firm with the clear goal of providing each client a special level of service and outstanding results in civil litigation defense—this simple commitment to highly personalized expertise remains at the core of Yukevich | Cavanaugh today.

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Jamie Graham

Jamie Graham

Featured Lawyer

Family and Divorce Law

San Antonio, TX 78205, USA

Jamie Graham, has more than twenty years of legal experience and a well-earned reputation for excellence. Most of our business comes to us through referrals from our clients and, many times, from the former spouses of our clients.

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Jamie Holland

Jamie Holland

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

9822 Tapestry Park Circle, Jacksonville, FL 32246, USA

James Holland II or Jamie brings nearly 3 decades of trial experience to Holland Law. He’s a Nationally Board Certified Trial Attorney who takes a compassionate approach to his cases. His goal is to help clients make the best of difficult situations and serve as their trusted legal advocate during and after their cases. When he’s not representing clients, Jamie can be found coaching trial advocates and teaching CLE’s. Holland’s exemplary work and his dedication to ensuring justice for his clients have landed him multiple accolades and recognitions. A few of these include the Mickey Smiley award from the Florida Justice Association Young Lawyers Board and designation as a Super Lawyers in both Florida and Alabama.

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Jamie R. Lebovitz

Jamie R. Lebovitz

Distinguished Lawyer

Aviation

600 Superior Ave, Cleveland, OH 44114, USA

Area of Practice: Aviation Law With compassion, dedication, and years of aviation litigation experience, Jamie R. Lebovitz has focused his practice on helping families who have lost loved ones in aviation disasters. Jamie is a senior partner at Nurenberg, Paris, Heller & McCarthy. He practices in the areas of personal injury and wrongful death litigation with a concentration in aviation, railroad, and trucking calamities. Jamie has more than 35 years of experience as a trial attorney, and he has recovered numerous multi-million dollar settlements and jury verdicts in cases against commercial airlines, aircraft manufacturers, railroad and trucking companies, and the federal government. He’s a member of the American Association for Justice, the Ohio Association of Justice, the Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys, the Ohio State, Cleveland, and Cuyahoga County Bar Associations, the Lawyers-Pilots Bar Association, and numerous other organizations. Jamie has been appointed by federal and state courts as a member of the lead trial counsel team and the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in aviation and railroad accident cases. In these roles, he has coordinated the investigation and preparation of cases for trial on behalf of all claimants and litigants. He has earned an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell®, which has been the leading authority on peer review evaluation of a lawyer’s capabilities for more than 100 years. The rating is awarded to lawyers who have achieved the highest levels of professional skill and integrity in their fields. In addition, Law & Politics recognizes Jamie as an Ohio Super Lawyer®. Attorneys who receive this title are chosen by their peers and the independent research of Law & Politics as representatives of the top attorneys in their state. Jamie is married and has three children. Outside of the office, he enjoys skiing, reading, traveling, playing golf and tennis, and wine tasting.

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Civil Litigation

2650 CAMINO DEL RIO N, STE 205, San Diego, CA 92108

Jamie has spent nearly her entire legal career focused on wage and hour class action & PAGA representative action litigation, and as a result is experienced well beyond her years. As a senior level attorney with a plaintiff-side wage and hour law firm, Jamie has trained and supervised several attorneys in this area of law. She has drafted and argued on the appellate level, including being a primary participant in the drafting of an amicus brief on behalf of CAOC in Williams v. Superior Court. Given her experience as a seasoned class action litigator, Jamie handles high-level complex wage & hour cases for Crosner Legal.

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Jamy Barreau

Jamy Barreau

Distinguished Lawyer

Wills and Trust Law

1860 SW Fountainview Blvd ste 100, Port St. Lucie, FL 34986, USA

In 2017, he graduated from Barry Law and returned to the Treasure Coast, gaining experience in estate planning, trust administration, probate administration, business planning, residential mortgage foreclosures, and evictions. Understanding the impact generational wealth has on society and setting the stage for success in generations to come, Jamy made it his mission to guide those in his community in such matters. In 2021, he graduated with his LL.M. in taxation with a concentration in estate planning from Boston University School of Law to further his mission. In his free time, he is an Adjunct Professor and continues to expand his knowledge of how to best serve his community.

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Jan Dils

Jan Dils

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

963 Market St, Parkersburg, WV 26101, USA

Jan Dils is the firm’s founder. She opened Jan Dils, Attorneys at Law, in Parkersburg, West Virginia, in 1994 as the solo attorney/employee. Today, she has a skilled and compassionate team of more than 118 serving clients throughout West Virginia, with offices in Parkersburg, Beckley, Charleston, Huntington and Logan, as well as one additional office in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her passion is fighting for people who are all too often left helpless at the hands of corporations, insurance companies, Big Pharma, and government red tape. Jan Dils, Attorneys at Law, has 25 years of experience in all forms of Social Security and Disability benefits, Veteran’s Benefits and Personal Injury cases.

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Jan Goldman

Featured Lawyer

Criminal Defense Law

100 Ring Rd W, Garden City, NY 11530, USA

Bar Admissions: Admitted to practice law in the State of New York, October, 1982, U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1982, U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 198. Admitted to practice law in the State of New York, October, 1982, U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1982, U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1982.

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Jan Rubinstein

Civil Litigation

30665 Northwestern Hwy, Ste 165, Farmington Hills, MI 48334

With extensive experience practicing in courtrooms throughout Michigan, Attorney Jan Jeffrey Rubinstein’s trial skills are second to none. Assisting clients with litigation, collections, and criminal law matters throughout Michigan, Attorney Rubinstein’s approach is personal, dedicated, and aggressive. Mr. Rubinstein maintains a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act certification, has a real estate broker’s license, and currently serves in Oakland County Circuit Court and District Court as a Case Evaluator. He is a member of the Florida Bar, Pennsylvania Bar and licensed to practice with the U.S. Supreme Court.

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