• J.D., Stanford Law School, 1981 Associate Editor and Senior Note Editor, Stanford Law Review.
• B.A., University of Kansas, 1977, with highest distinction and honors in English Literature.

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1997-1998 and all subsequent editions.
• Listed as a Colorado Super Lawyer since inception.
• Colorado Lawyers Committee: Board Member. Member, Vice-Chair, and Chair of board of coalition of major Denver law firms providing pro bono legal assistance.

Jim's practice emphasizes commercial, employment, intellectual property litigation, and alternative dispute resolution. He litigates and counsels clients on substantive legal matters including media law, partnership issues, executive employment issues and constitutional law, and serves as an arbitrator on commercial and employment cases.

Jim has been consulted often by the media. He has appeared on the CBS Morning News to discuss a copyright issue, been quoted in the Wall Street Journal on issues of director and officer liability, and interviewed in regional and local newspapers on issues ranging from the First Amendment to employment law to the judicial system itself. He has conducted seminars on such topics as employment law, pretrial practice, brand protection, and liability insurance. Jim has two sons of which he is immensely proud.