Background
Rocap, James E. was born on February 23, 1950 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
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James E. Rocap
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University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1971). Georgetown University Law School (Juris Doctor, 1975).
Career
Aetna Casualty & Surety Company v. General Dynamics Corporation, 968 F.2d 707 (8th Circuit 1992); Charter Oil Company v. American Employers" Insurance. Company, 69 F.3d 1160 (District of Columbia Circuit 1995); Couch v. National"l Ass"n for Stock Carolina Auto Racing, 845 F.2d 397 (2d Circuit 1988)Worked at Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, Limited liability partnership (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in Civil and Criminal Practice before all Federal Courts and Agencies. Admitted to the bar, 1975, District of Columbia. Member, 1973-1974 and Case and Note Editor, 1974-1975, Georgetown Law Journal.
Contributing Author, Manual for Complex Insurance Coverage Litigation.
Law Clerk to Judge William B. Jones, Chief Judge of the United States. District Court, District of Columbia, 1975-1976.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar. American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section Committee on Insurance Coverage).
Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, Limited liability partnership was founded in 1965 and is a firm of approximately 40 lawyers specializing in complex civil and criminal matters.
Most of the firm"s litigation is in federal courts throughout the United States, but the firm also presents cases in state courts and before administrative agencies and arbitration panels. In the firm"s criminal practice, it counsels and defends individuals and corporations faced with potential compliance problems, investigations or charges of misconduct in the general category popularly referred to as "White Collar Crime." This includes the increasingly broad range of commercial, industrial and financial activities which now generate compliance obligations and exposure for both United States. and foreign entities, including government contracting rules, antitrust laws, The Foreign Corrupt Practices Acting, United States. Trade Laws, environmental, health care and other statutes governing domestic and foreign corporate operations.
The firm"s civil litigation includes representation of corporations and individuals, both plaintiffs and defendants.
Recently litigated matters include legal and accountant malpractice, insurance coverage disputes, banking, government procurement, antitrust, securities, defamation and employment discrimination matters. The firm has an active practice in appellate and constitutional litigation, and is often retained to brief and argue appeals, or to file petitions for review, in the United States Supreme Court and other federal and state appellate courts.
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Member, 1973-1974 and Case and Note Editor, 1974-1975, Georgetown Law Journal. Contributing Author, Manual for Complex Insurance Coverage Litigation. Law Clerk to Judge William B. Jones, Chief Judge of the United States.
District Court, District of Columbia, 1975-1976.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar. American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section Committee on Insurance Coverage).
