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Practice Areas: Plaintiff Personal Injury, Civil Litigation;Eminent Domain; Business Torts; Intellectual Property

Additional Information: Jim's practice is concentrated in civil litigation with an emphasis on commercial litigation. Jim has represented numerous professional businesses in all forms of commercial litigation, including patent, trademark, copyright, intellectual property, business torts, unfair competition, eminent domain, tax valuation, employment, wrongful termination, wage and hour, contract and civil rights. From 1991 to 1995, he served as Chief Trial Counsel, Office of the City Solicitor, City of Cincinnati. In this role he supervised seven attorneys assigned to civil litigation including assigning cases, coordinating staff support, training junior attorneys and guiding completion of trials and administrative hearings. Jim represented the City in major litigation involving eminent domain, constitutional issues, employment discrimination and breach of contract; and was responsible for the acquisition of property for two largest downtown developments, the Arts Center and Fountain Square West. From 1982 to 1991 Jim was the Assistant City Solicitor, assigned to the Trial Section within the Civil Division. He served as trial counsel for the City in complex litigation involving eminent domain for major urban renewal project, Riverfront Stadium leases and operations, purchase and installation of computer system for wastewater treatment plant, constitutional challenges to police power ordinances. Jim taught at the National Institute of Trial Advocacy in 1990, 1992-1997 and 1999-2003. Master, Potter Stewart Inn of Court. Instructor at National Institute of Trial Advocacy 1990, 1992-1997, 1999-2003 and 2005. (Also of Counsel, Sand & Sebolt, Canton, Ohio)

Cmdr., Judge Advocate General, U.S. Naval Reserve, 1974-1978