Jim’s expertise includes Insurance Defense, Medical, Psychology and Psychiatric Malpractice, Legal Malpractice, Hospital Liability, Employment, Real Estate, and General Liability defense. Trial experience includes jury trials of twelve asbestos defense cases, resulting in eleven defense verdicts, as well as the successful defense before juries in many medical malpractice suits. More recent defense verdicts include claims of permanent infant and adult brain damage. The above cases were tried in Federal and State Courts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Colorado and Wyoming. AV(T) Peer Review Rated

Education: St. Joseph's College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1973); Villanova University (J.D., 1976).

Admitted to Practice: 1976, Pennsylvania; 1977, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1983, New Jersey; 1985, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1986, Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1995, Wyoming and U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming.

Practice Areas: Insurance Defense, Medical, Psychology and Psychiatric Malpractice, Legal Malpractice, Hospital Liability, Employment, Real Estate, and General Liability defense

Bar Association Memberships:: Denver and Colorado Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute.

Professional/Community Involvement:: Directly supervised the defense of approximately 700 asbestos personal injury cases, Licensed pilot and has lectured to hospitals on topics of concern to physicians and nursing staff.