Background
Andrew Hinds, Junior, James was born on April 6, 1951 in Berkeley, California, United States.
Andrew Hinds, Junior, James was born on April 6, 1951 in Berkeley, California, United States.
University of California at Berkeley. Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, 1973). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1976).
Worked at Shapiro, Hinds & Mitchell Limited Liability Partnership (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appellate, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Policyholders Mass Tort Exposure Dispute Resolution, Environmental, First Amendment, Insolvency, Insurance Coverage, Intellectual Property and Partnership and Shareholder Disputes. Admitted to the bar, 1976, California. 1977, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
1988, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Book Review Editor, Harvard Journal on Legislation, 1975-1976. Staff Member, Harvard Civil Rights Civil Liberties Law Review, 1975-1976.
Company-author: "Buying Hotel Properties in Bankruptcy: Goldmine or Trap for the Unwary," 3 Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice, 627, 1944.
Author: "To Right Mass Wrongs: A Federal Consumer Class Action Acting," 13 Harvard Journal on Legislation 776, 1976. Lecturer: 14th Annual Real Property Retreat, Real Property Law Section of The California State Bar, 1995.
The Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, 1990. The Group Health Association of America, Group Health Institute, 1989.
California Society for Healthcare Attorneys, Annual Meeting, 1987.
Century City Bar Association, 1983. Member of Board, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, 1986-1988. President, 1989-1995 and Treasurer, 1986-1988, Harvard Law School Association of Southern California.
Shapiro, Hinds & Mitchell is a litigation firm with expertise in a wide range of fields, including insurance coverage, environmental, bankruptcy, creditors rights, banking, real estate, trade secrets, contracts, securities, antitrust and general commercial matters.
The Firm"s lawyers have extensive litigation and trial experience in California and many other state and foreign forums as well. In addition, the Firm"s lawyers have extensive experience with arbitration, mediation and other mechanisms for alternative dispute resolution.