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Jim has tried a broad range of civil cases in many of the substantive areas in which the firm practices, including complex commercial and general business disputes, disputes involving intellectual property, insurance coverage disputes, shareholder disputes and class actions, securities litigation and arbitrations, tax cases, professional liability and malpractice claims involving accountants, lawyers, architects and engineers, and product liability claims.
Nebraska
United States Tax Court
New York University, LL.M., 1973
Creighton University, J.D., 1969
Creighton University, B.S.B.A., 1966
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Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Associate, American Board of Trial Advocates
- Listed: Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/ White, Inc.) (Commercial Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution)
- Listed: Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business (Chambers & Partners Publishing) for Business Litigation
- Listed: Great Plains Super Lawyers (Business Litigation) and listed as one of the Top 25 Lawyers in Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and North Dakota
- Listed: Benchmark Litigation, The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys
- Delegate, Canada-U.S. Legal Exchange sponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers, April/September, 2007 (one of fourteen lawyers and judges in the U.S. delegation headed by United States Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.)
- Chair, Nebraska State Bar Association Committee on Judiciary, 1985-1993
- Chair, Nebraska State Bar Association Committee on Mentoring, 1996-1999
- Recipient, Nebraska State Bar Association, George H. Turner Award, 1992
- Fellow, Nebraska State Bar Foundation
- Past member, Robert Van Pelt American Inn of Court
- Member, Robert M. Spire American Inn of Court, 2007-present
- Charter Member, Creighton University School of Law Advisory Board, 2000-present
- Capt., Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army, 1969-1973; Assistant Professor of Law, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1970-1973
- Editorial Staff, Creighton Law Review, 1967-1969
- Beta Gamma Sigma
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