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Locke, James A. was born in 1949 in Greene, New York, United States.
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James A. Locke
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James A. Locke, American Lawyer. Bar: New York 1975; United States Tax Court 1975. Member American Bar Association (chair commercial banks subcommittee, banking and savings institute committee tax section since 1987), New York State Bar Association (Executive Committee tax section since 1988), Justinian Society.
Education
Colgate University (Bachelor of Arts, 1971). Albany Law School (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1974).
Career
Worked at Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber (Buffalo, New York) specializing in General Practice. Corporations, Litigation, Trust and Estates, Tax, Labor Relations, Real Estate, Banking, Commercial, Municipal Finance, Bankruptcy Reorganization, Antitrust, Products Liability, Insurance Coverage, Immigration, Customs, Environmental and Energy Law. Admitted to the bar, 1975, New York and United States.
Tax Court.
Member, Justinian Society.
Lead Article Editor, Albany Law Review, 1973-1974. Law Clerk to Judge Charles R. Simpson, United States.
Tax Court, 1974-1976. Member, Executive Committee Tax Section, New York State Bar Association, 1988.
Company-Chair, Committee on New York State Franchise and Income Taxes, 1989.
Chairman, Commercial Banks Subcommittee, Banking and Savings Institution Committee, Tax Section, American Bar Association, 1987. Advisory Panel to New York State Tax Tribunal on Practice and Procedures, 1992. Founded in 1834 in Buffalo as the law office of Orsamus H. Marshall, Phillips, Lytle counts among its former partners several prominent individuals including President Grover Cleveland.
Through its expansion into several offices and the development of new practice areas, the Firm has grown into a position of prominence in the northeastern United States and the province of Ontario.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Justinian Society. Lead Article Editor, Albany Law Review, 1973-1974. Law Clerk to Judge Charles R. Simpson, United States.
Tax Court, 1974-1976.
Member, Executive Committee Tax Section, New York State Bar Association, 1988. Company-Chair, Committee on New York State Franchise and Income Taxes, 1989.
Chairman, Commercial Banks Subcommittee, Banking and Savings Institution Committee, Tax Section, American Bar Association, 1987. Advisory Panel to New York State Tax Tribunal on Practice and Procedures, 1992.
