Practice Focus

Complex Commercial Litigation, Occupational Safety and Health, Products Liability, Intellectual Property and Technology, General Civil Litigation

Experience

Jim is a trial attorney with experience in both the state and federal courts. Jim joined Orr & Reno after practicing for several years with Arent Fox in Washington, D.C. While in law school, he served a judicial externship with Chief Justice Paul Barbadoro in the U.S. District Court in New Hampshire. He also was a law clerk to the Legal Department for the Public Service Company of New Hampshire, a Northeast Utilities Company. Jim's experience includes:

• Litigating commercial and tort cases in state and federal court
• Defending employers in OSHA civil enforcement actions
• Representing employers in OSHA inspections and civil enforcement actions before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, and state agencies

Practice Areas

• Commercial Litigation
• Intellectual Property and Technology
• Litigation
• Occupational Safety and Health
• Products Liability

Professional Activities

• American Inns of Court, Daniel Webster Chapter
• Board of Advisors, SafetyXChange

Honors and Distinctions

• BV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubble

Community Involvement

• Greater Concord Leadership, Class of 2007

Bar Admissions

Jim is admitted to practice in the state courts of New Hampshire and the District of Columbia, the Federal District Courts in New Hampshire and the District of Columbia, and the D.C. and Third Circuit Courts of Appeals.

Education

University of Notre Dame, B.A., English, 1995; Franklin Pierce Law Center J.D., 2000; Editor-in-Chief, RISK: Health, Safety and Environment, 1999-2000; Winner, Best Brief in the Nation, 1999, Saul Lefkowitz Trademark Moot Court Competition

Publications

Authored "Dealing with OSHA: Deciding Whether to Contest an OSHA Violation" safetyxchange.org, published in SafetyXChange, August 2005.