Background
Towery, James E. was born on July 12, 1948 in Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States. Son of Lawson E. and Irma (Van Apeldorn) Towery.
Towery, James E. was born on July 12, 1948 in Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States. Son of Lawson E. and Irma (Van Apeldorn) Towery.
Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, 1973). Emory University (Juris Doctor, 1976).
Worked at Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel, Incorporated. (San Jose, California) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appellate, Bankruptcy, Business and Real Property Transactions, Business Litigation, Casualty and Tort Litigation, Construction Law, Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Employment Law, Environmental Law, Estate Planning, Probate and Tax, Estate and Trust Litigation, Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith, Intellectual Property, Mortgage Banking, Plaintiff Personal Injury, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Public Entity and Real Estate.
Admitted to the bar, 1976, Georgia.
1977, California.
Author: "Malpractice Insurance Should be Mandatory," California Lawyer, Volume 5, Number. 7, p. 16, July, 1985.
"Freedom of the Press, The Commercial Speech Doctrine Applied to Abortion Advertisement," 24 Emory Law Journal 1165, 1975. Lecturer, Continuing Education of the Bar, State Bar of California, 1983.
Member, Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Law and Motion Rules, 1979-1981.
Member, 1982 and Chair, 1987-1988, State Bar Committee on Mandatory Fee Arbitration. Presiding Arbitrator, State Bar Fee Arbitration Program, 1991-1992. Member: Santa Clara County (President, 1989.
President-Elect, 1988.
Treasurer, 1987; Counsel, 1984-1986. Chairman, Fee Arbitration Committee, 1982.
Company-Chair, Legislation Committee, 1986. Chairman, Lawyers Referral Service, 1981, 1991.
Chairman, Client Relations and Professional Ethics Committee, 1984.
Editor, In Brief Magazine, 1985. Member, Board Of Trustees, Santa Clara County Bar Association Law Foundation, 1987) and American (Delegate to House of Delegates, 1990) Bar Associations. State Bar of California (President, 1995-1996.
Vice President, 1994-1995.
Member, Board of Governors, 1992. Chair, Board Discipline Committee, 1994-1995.
Chair: State Bar Alternative Dispute Resolution Task Force, 1993-1994. Conference of Delegates, 1980-1983.
1985). Member: State Bar of California (President, 1995).
The law firm of Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel was established in 1952 by J. Hampton Hoge, Since its founding, the firm has become one of the principal law firms in the Bay Area. The firm has approximately 50 attorneys and provides a broad range of legal services to individuals, businesses, and governmental clients throughout California. Members of the firm regularly participate in continuing legal education activities and devote time to providing pro bono legal services and participating in civic and charitable organizations.
Member, Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Law and Motion Rules, 1979-1981. Member, 1982 and Chair, 1987-1988, State Bar Committee on Mandatory Fee Arbitration. Presiding Arbitrator, State Bar Fee Arbitration Program, 1991-1992.
Member: Santa Clara County (President, 1989.
President-Elect, 1988. Treasurer, 1987; Counsel, 1984-1986.
Chairman, Fee Arbitration Committee, 1982. Company-Chair, Legislation Committee, 1986.
Chairman, Lawyers Referral Service, 1981, 1991.
Chairman, Client Relations and Professional Ethics Committee, 1984. Editor, In Brief Magazine, 1985. Member, Board Of Trustees, Santa Clara County Bar Association Law Foundation, 1987) and American (Delegate to House of Delegates, 1990) Bar Associations.
State Bar of California (President, 1995-1996.
Vice President, 1994-1995. Member, Board of Governors, 1992.
Chair, Board Discipline Committee, 1994-1995. Chair: State Bar Alternative Dispute Resolution Task Force, 1993-1994.
Conference of Delegates, 1980-1983.
1985). Member: State Bar of California (President, 1995).
Married Kathryn K. Meier, July 20, 1991. 1 child, Mark J.