Jim has over 40 years of experience in business litigation serving as first-chair trial counsel in cases involving corporate dissolution, intellectual property, contracts, mergers and acquisitions, e-discovery, breach of fiduciary duty, shareholder disputes and corporate governance.

Jim is an active arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association, serving on its Commercial Arbitration panel. He has served as an arbitrator across many industries and sectors: accounting, oil & gas leasing, IT and managed services, supply-chain, design engineering, insurance, real estate, commercial leasing and property management, international supply contracts, land acquisition, restaurants and hospitality, banking, bioscience, private equity, aerospace composite design and manufacturing, investment banking, mortgage servicing, healthcare, manufacturing, engineering, technology, retail, logistics, reverse logistics, 3-D printing, industrial coatings, software development, food processing and food safety, security, design and engineering services, and agriculture in proceedings involving contracts, stock and asset purchase transactions (e.g. earn-out provisions, material adverse condition clauses, purchase price adjustments) licensing agreements, master service agreements, distributor and supply contracts, warranty agreements, design defects, and conformance with engineering specifications and/or KPIs.

Jim is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and currently serves as Regent. He is past president of the Columbus Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and a Life Member of the Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference. He has been named a “Lawyer of the Year” five times by The Best Lawyers in America®, in Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Columbus, Ohio, 2013; in Litigation – Intellectual Property, Columbus, Ohio, 2015 and 2018; and in Litigation – Patent, Columbus, Ohio, 2019 and 2021. Since 2008, Jim has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions, and Litigation - Patent. Additionally, Jim has been recognized by Ohio Super Lawyers for Business Litigation since 2006.

Jim is a frequent lecturer and presenter on topics of current interest in the field of trial practice, including trial evidence and expert witness procedures and tactics.