Background
McDaniel, James Alan was born on June 10, 1953 in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of John Redmond and Mary Jane (Chiles) McDaniel.
McDaniel, James Alan was born on June 10, 1953 in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of John Redmond and Mary Jane (Chiles) McDaniel.
AB with distinction, Stanford University, 1975. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1978.
Associate Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, Boston, 1978-1985, partner, since 1986, chairman business department, 1993-1996, member firm management committee, 1998-2000, chairman general corporation and securities group, 2001—2004.
Co-founder, editor-in-chief Harvard Environmental Law Review, 1976-1977.
Board directors Drug Abuse Resistance Education Family Services, Inc., chairman board director, since 2003. Board advisors MassGen. Hospital Children; Fellow American College Investment Counsel, American Bar Foundation, Boston Bar Association.
Member American Bar Association, Boston Bar Association (chairman banking law committee 1996-1998, business law section 1999-2001), Society Corporation Secretaries Governance Professionals, Jamestowne Society, Somerset Chapter Magna Charta Barons, Plantagenet Society, Harvard Club Boston, Boston Athenaeum, St. Peter's Episcopal Church (member vestry 2001-2007, 10-), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Margaret L. Randle, September 22, 1990. Children: Susan (deceased), John.