Background
Elliott, James F. was born on June 2, 1953 in Ames, Iowa, United States.
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James F. Elliott
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Columbia University; University of Arizona (Bachelor of Arts, 1976. Juris Doctor, 1980).
Career
Worked at Irell & Manella Limited Liability Partnership. Admitted to the bar, 1980, Arizona. 1981, California; 1982, United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. 1988, United States. Supreme Court.
United States. District Court, Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts.
Phi Beta Kappa. Phi Beta Phi. Order of the Coif. Member, 1977-1979 and Articles Editor, 1979-1980, Arizona Law Review.
Law Clerk to Judge Thomas Tang, United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1980-1981. Contributing Editor: "California Practice Handbook: Employment Discrimination," Matthew Bender, October, 1992. Author: "Beyond McKennon v.
Nashville Banner Publishing Company: Using The After-Acquired Evidence Doctrine to Bar Discrimination Claims," California Labor & Employment Law Quarterly, February, 1996.
"The After-Acquired Evidence Doctrine: Is There Life After McKennon?", California Employment Law Reporter, Matthew Bender, May, 1995. "After-Acquired Evidence Doctrine: Something Old or Something New?" Association of Business Trial Lawyers Quarterly, January, 1994.
"Nuts & Bolts of Drafting Executive Employment Agreements and Independent Contractor Agreements," presented by the Los Angeles County Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section, 1993. "Defense Strategy in the First Ninety Days of a Wrongful Termination Case," Second Annual Prentice-Hall Law and Business Labor and Employment Law Seminar, February, 1993 and Business Law, Incorporated. in Fall 1993.
"California Wrongful Termination and Discrimination Update - 1990 Developments," published by University of Southern California Law Center Institute for Corporate Counsel, 1991.
Company-Author: "Public Policy Wrongful Termination Actions," Los Angeles Lawyer, October, 1992. "Assessing the Impact of Shoemaker v. Myers and Rojo v. Kliger," by 12th Annual Los Angeles County Bar Labor and Employment Law Symposium, 1992.
Chairperson, 16th Annual Los Angeles County Labor and Employment Law Symposium.
Moderator and Panelist: 12th-15th Annual Los Angeles County Labor and Employment Law Symposiums, 1992-1995. Faculty Member, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1989.
Member, Trial Attorney Project, Los Angeles City Attorney" General’ s Office, 1989. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, Executive Committee, Labor Law Section, 1990-1996).
State Bar of Arizona.
State Bar of California. Association of Business Trial Lawyers.
Achievements
Membership
Member, 1977-1979 and Articles Editor, 1979-1980, Arizona Law Review. Law Clerk to Judge Thomas Tang, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1980-1981.
