Background
Baxter, James A. was born on March 6, 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
Baxter, James A. was born on March 6, 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
Carroll College (Bachelor of Science, 1969). American University; Marquette University (Juris Doctor, 1972).
Worked at Mitchell, Baxter, O"Meara & Mathie, South Carolina (U.S.) (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) specializing in Arson, Fraud and Fire Litigation and Investigations, Property and Casualty Insurance Coverage and Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Law. Admitted to the bar, 1972, Wisconsin, United States. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin and United States.
Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Law Clerk to Associate Justice Leo B. Hanley, Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1972. Court Commissioner to the Honorable Frank T. Crivello, Circuit Court, Milwaukee County, 1994.
Author: "Testimonial Privilege of Newsmen," 55 Marquette Law Review 184, 1972. "Significant Decisions of the 1972 Term of the Wisconsin Supreme Court," Wisconsin Bar Bulletin, Fall 1973.
"Arson: The Crime-The Policy Defense," The Milwaukee Lawyer, April 1982.
"Proof of Cause and Origin of Fire," Foreign the Defense, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, September 1982. Instructor, Appellate Practice, Marquette University Law School, Participant-time, 1973-1974. Regular Presenter, Property Loss Research Bureau Annual Meetings, 1988.
Member: Milwaukee (Former Chairman, Litigation Section.
Member, Board of Directors, 1993-1996) and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Wisconsin (Member, Committees on: Communications, 1980-1982.
Patient Compensation Panels, 1980-1981. Court Committee, 1989-1990).
Defense Research Institute (Member, Environmental Law Committee, 1989-1990).
Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, 1979-1983). Wisconsin Arson Insurance Counsel.
International Association of Arson Investigators.
Wisconsin Association of Special Units.
Member: Milwaukee (Former Chairman, Litigation Section. Member, Board of Directors, 1993-1996) and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Wisconsin (Member, Committees on: Communications, 1980-1982.
Patient Compensation Panels, 1980-1981.
Court Committee, 1989-1990). Defense Research Institute (Member, Environmental Law Committee, 1989-1990).
Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, 1979-1983).
Wisconsin Arson Insurance Counsel.
International Association of Arson Investigators. Wisconsin Association of Special Units.