Background
Monahan, James Sturgis was born on November 9, 1933 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Walter Garrett and Nell Blanche (Gordon) Monaghan.
Monahan, James Sturgis was born on November 9, 1933 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Walter Garrett and Nell Blanche (Gordon) Monaghan.
University of Akron (Bachelor of Arts, 1956). Case Western Reserve University (Juris Doctor, 1962). Phi Alpha Delta. Adjunct Professor, Dental Jurisprudence, The Ohio State University College of Dentistry, since 1970.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Worked at Bricker & Eckler Limited Liability Partnership (Columbus, Ohio) specializing in Antitrust and Unfair Trade Practices, Banking, Bankruptcy, Commercial, Construction, Corporation and Partnership, Computer Goods and Services, Creditor-Debtor, Education, Employer-Employee Relations, Environmental, Estate Planning and Administration, Federal Taxation, Governmental Agencies and Legislative Law, Health Care, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Transactions, Litigation, Pension and Employee Benefits, Public Finance, Public Utilities, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Real Estate, Securities, State and Local Taxation. Admitted to the bar, 1962, Ohio. 1963, United States. District Court, Southern District of Ohio.
1967, United States.
Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. 1972, United States. Supreme Court. Phi Alpha Delta. Adjunct Professor, Medical Dental Jurisprudence, The Ohio State University, 1970-1988.
Member: Columbus (Chairman, Doctor-Lawyer Committee, 1977), Ohio State and American (Sixth Circuit Chairman, Trial Evidence Committee, 1976-1981) Bar Associations.
Columbus Defense Association. American Judicature Society.
Defense Research Institute. Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (Chairman, Medical Malpractice Section, 1983).
Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys.
Ohio Society of Hospital Attorneys. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Fellow: Columbus Bar Foundation.
Ohio State Bar Foundation.
Bricker & Eckler has become one of Ohio"s leading law firms during the past half century of its practice.
Captain United States Air Force, 1956-1959. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers, Ohio State Bar Foundation, Columbus Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (6th circuit chairman trial evidence 1976-1981), Ohio State Bar Association (Board of Governors, litigation section since 1981), Ohio Association Civil Trial Lawyers, Society Ohio Hospital Attorneys, Columbus Defense Association, Federal Insurance and Corporation Counsel (chairman medmal 1983-1984), American Judicature Society, Defense Research Institute, Brookside Golf and Country Club, Rotary (president, Chairman, Board Of Directors Upper Arlington Club 1986-1987, secretary Charitable Foundation since 1989, District 6690 Foundation since 1988).
Married August 11, 1956 (divorced Ju1970). Children: Kimberly Lynn (Monahan) Gilbride, Kean Gordon Monaghan). Married Nancy Stewart, June 24, 1972.
1 child, Heather.