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Placing client needs at the forefront of his practice, James is an experienced and vigorous advocate in a variety of complex and cutting-edge cases in state and federal courts. He regularly represents clients in high-stakes litigation involving complicated issues and achieves great results for clients facing difficult situations. James also is a trusted counselor on a variety of employment issues that companies see daily.

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J.D., Seattle University School of Law, 2010, 

B.A., Business Administration, University of Washington, 2005, 

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<li>Represents clients in complex civil matters involving data privacy, consumer protection, breach of contract, director and officer liability, insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, employment, HIPAA, healthcare, securities and many other areas of the law.</li>
<li>Experienced in employment matters involving discrimination, medical leave, compliance, policy drafting, disability, wage and hour, taxes, noncompetition, severance and other areas.</li>
<li>Received defense verdict for former CEO of technology company in trial and successfully defeated appeal to Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel in multimillion-dollar breach of contract action.</li>
<li>Represented defense contractor in litigation by former CEO who sued seeking severance benefits for alleged constructive termination. After multi-week trial in federal court, won the case with a favorable verdict and acquired sanctions against the former CEO for destruction of evidence.</li>
<li>Secured permanent injunction barring release of highly sensitive trade secrets for global technology company.</li>
<li>Counseled many companies on compliance with COVID-19 regulations and employment issues.</li>
<li>Regularly reaches favorable resolutions in class action litigation, including dismissal on dispositive motions.</li>
<li>Obtained favorable ruling as first-chair counsel in breach of contract arbitration representing Fortune 10 company.</li>
<li>Received over $100,000 sanction award against opposing party in securities litigation for lengthy delay in production of documents.</li>
<li>Represented large companies from the energy, mortgage, retail and banking industries in internal investigations related to securities issues and foreign corrupt practices.</li>
<li>Interned with the United Nations at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. There, James worked with the judges on the genocide trial of Radovan Karadžić, the president of the Serbian breakaway state in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the Bosnian Civil War.</li>
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