Jim joined the firm in January 2015 after working as an attorney at Rudolph Clarke, LLC, where he mainly focused on the representation of municipal government entities for more than a decade. Jim concentrates most of his practice on civil litigation and legal compliance issues for various school districts.  He has tried multiple cases in the state and Federal courts and has resolved numerous other disputes through Court-affiliated or private arbitration.

During law school, Jim served as Executive Editor of the Temple Environmental Law & Technology Journal, and following graduation authored a First Amendment article appearing in the Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review. Jim served as a law clerk to the Honorable Calvin E. Smith of Berks County, Pennsylvania. He also worked for several years in Philadelphia focusing on the defense of commercial motor vehicle and premises and product liability cases and assisted in the handling of commercial insurance coverage disputes.  Jim also served as local counsel in Pennsylvania and New Jersey Courts for a national institutional services company.