James E. King
ISLN: 920556632
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Current Employment Position(s):

• Sole Practitioner, since 2003

Areas Of Practice: 

• Antitrust & Trade Regulation
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Employment Law -- Employer
• Ethics & Professional Responsibility
• Intellectual Property Law
• Patents
• Litigation & Appeals
• Securities Law
• Antitrust Law
• Sexual Harassment
• Whistleblower

Litigation Percentage:

• 50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

• California, 1979
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1979
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1980
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1980
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1982
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1985

Education:

• Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, 1979
  J.D.
  • Honors: Order of the Coif
  • Law Review: Stanford Law Review, 1977 - 1979
• University of Georgia, Athens, GA, US, 1976
  A.B.
  • Honors: Summa Cum Laude
  • Honors: With Honors
  • Honors: With Distinction
  • Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
  • Honors: Blue Key
  • Major: Journalism
  • Major: History

Published Works:

• Liability for Newsgatherer Torts, University of California Davis Law Review, 1980
• Providing Limits on the Powers of Two States to Prosecute for the Same Crime, Criminal Justice Journal, Winter, 1990
• Double Jeopardy for Successive Federal State Prosecutions Two Articles, Stanford Law Review, 1979
• Antitrust Liability, San Diego Board of Realtors Magazine, 1987
• Antitrust Liability, San Diego Board of Realtors Magazine, 1988
• Fast Track: Living Through the Experiment, California Litigation
• The Absolute Work Product Privilege Is No Longer Absolute, San Diego County   Bar Association   Dicta.
• Does Having a Written Fee Agreement Make a Difference, San Diego County Bar Association Dicta., July, 1991
• The Law of Law, San Diego County Bar Association Dicta., August, 1995

Representative Clients:

• Saudi Prince Fahd Aziz
• IDEC Pharmaceuticals
• Heisman Trophy Winner
• Postal Annex

References:

• Ray Buendia
• William Shawn
• John Guerrera, Guerra & Associates
• Ramsay Stewart, IDEC Pharmaceuticals
• Alan Wiley

Classes/Seminars Taught:

• Adjunct Professor, Legal Ethics, Thomas Jefferson Law School 
• The Minefields of Practice, CNA Malpractice Insurance Carrier
• Evidence for Business Lawyers, Continuing Education of the Bar
• Evidence, Laying the Foundation, Continuing Legal Education of the Bar
• Engagement, Disengagement, and Conflicts Waiver Agreements-Practical and     Ethical  Considerations                

• Forming  and Terminating, State Bar of California
• Getting In, Getting Out, Getting Paid, State Bar of California
• Getting the Work and Keeping It, State Bar of California
• How Lawyers Screw Up, State Bar of California
• Trial Advocacy, San Diego Inn of Court
• Workshop on Evidence, San Diego Inn of Court
• Ethics of Trial Advocacy, San Diego Inn of Court

Honors and Awards:

• Humorous Speech Contest Winners, Toastmasters Area 4 & Area 41, 1986
• Humorous Speech Contest Winners, Toastmasters Area 4 & Area 41, 2003
• Law Week Award for Contribution to Legal Education, San Diego County Bar Association, 1995
• Award for Organizing High School Oratorical Contest for 15 years for the Bar Association, San Diego County Bar Association, 1998

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• State Bar of California, 1989 - 1994
  Chairman, San Diego County Continuing Legal Education Committee
• San Diego County Bar Law Week, 1994
  Chairman
• Mount Helix Toastmasters, 1985
  President
• Community Preparatory School, 1985 - 1995
  Director
• St. Thomas More Society, 1994
  Vice President
• Community Preparatory School
  Treasurer
• St. Martin of Tours Church
  Eucharistic Minister

Past Employment Positions:

• Hon. Howard B. Turrentine, Southern District of California, Law Clerk, 1979 - 1980
• Luce, Foward, Hamilton & Scripps, Associate, 1980 - 1986
• Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, Partner, 1987 - 1989
• Soloman, Ward, Seidenwurm & Smith, Partner, 1990 - 1994
• Shawn, Mann & Steinfeld, Partner, 1995 - 2000
• Shawn Coulson, Partner, 2001 - 2002

Pro Bono Activities:

• Community Preparatory School
• State Bar of California, Moral Character Counsel
• State Bar of California, Special Master
• State Bar of California, Chairman, San Diego County Continuing Legal Education Committee
• Vice-Chairperson, Fee Arbitration Committee, San Diego County Bar Association
• Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association
• Fee Arbitration, San Diego County Bar Association
• Fee Arbitrator, State Bar of California
• San Diego City Council Resolution for Pro Bono Work, 1988
• Coordinator, High School Speech Contest, San Diego County Bar Association

Ancillary Businesses:

• Expert Witness
• Fraternities/Sororities:
• Alpha Gamma Rho
• Phi Beta Kappa

Practice Areas
Professional Conduct; Litigation; Appellate Practice; Employment Law; Civil Rights; Discrimination; Sexual Harassment; Employment Contracts; Wrongful Termination; General Practice; Business Start-Ups; Legal Ethics; Legal Malpractice; Attorney Fee Disputes

Admitted: 1979, California and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1980, U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of California; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School: Stanford University, J.D.

Member: State Bar of California.

Biography: Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa. Member, 1977-1978 and Editor, 1978-1979, Stanford Law Review. Law Clerk to Judge Howard Turrentine, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1979-1980. San Diego County Bar Association Award for Legal Education, 1995. Chairman: San Diego County Bar Week, 1994; San Diego County Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1989-1994.