LAW PRACTICE

Clients include a broad range of individuals, business and associations, including Cable Television and Communications Association of Illinois; various cable televisions companies; a number of other partnerships and corporations represented in connection with business and commercial litigation, and plaintiffs' personal injury clients.

From February through December 2000, Jim served, by temporary appointment from the Illinois Supreme Court, as a Judge for the Circuit Court of Cook County. During his tenure on the bench, numerous bar groups endorsed his legal abilities, including the Chicago Bar Association, the Hispanic Lawyers Association, Decalogue Society of Lawyers, the Asian American Bar Association, the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association, the Women's Bar Association, and the Illinois State Bar Association. The Chicago Bar Association described Jim as "extremely hardworking and recognized by his peers as having an excellent knowledge of the law. He has practiced extensively in the trial and appellate courts. He will bring a deep concern for justice to all who appear before him." (CBA letter of February 9, 2000)

Practice involves primarily civil litigation at both the trial and appellate levels, state and federal.

EDUCATION

• Quincy College (currently Quincy University) - 1975, BA
• Northern Illinois University College of Law - 1980, JD

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois
  Assigned to 1st Municipal District Traffic Center
  February 2000 - December 4, 2000
• Richard J. Prendergast, Ltd. - 1980 - February 2000; December 2000 - Present

COURT ADMISSIONS

• Illinois
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
• U.S. Tax Court
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

BAR ACTIVITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS

• Member: American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America