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Whitley, James G. was born on July 26, 1949 in Hobbs, New Mexico, United States.
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James G. WHITLEY
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JAMES WHITLEY, American Lawyer, Partner of Jones, SNEAD, WERTHEIM, RODRIGUEZ & WENTWORTH, P.A., specializing in the field of General Civil and Criminal Practice including Trials and Appeals in State and Federal Courts. Personal Injury, Products Liability, Corporate, Antitrust. Business, Financial Institutions, Real Estate, Family, Estate Planning and Probate, State Taxation, Administrative, Education, Patent, Trademark and Copyright and Motor Carrier Law.
Education
University of Colorado (Bachelor of Arts, 1971). University of New Mexico (Juris Doctor, 1978). Staff Member, University of New Mexico Law Review, 1977.
Career
United States. v. Agri-Services, Incorporated., 81 F.3d 1002 (10th Circuit 1996); Bogle Farms, Incorporated. v. Jim Baca, 1996 WL 547 864; Oil Transport Company v. New Mexico State Corporation Commander, 110 New Mexico 568 798 P.2d 169 (1990).Worked at Jones, Snead, Wertheim, Wentworth & Jaramillo, P.A. (Santa Fe, New Mexico) specializing in General Civil and Criminal Practice including Trials and Appeals in State and Federal Courts. Personal Injury, Products Liability, Corporate, Antitrust, Business, Insurance, Financial Institutions, Real Estate, Family, Estate Planning and Probate, State Taxation, Administrative, Education, Intellectual Property, Motor Carrier Law and Telecommunications. Admitted to the bar, 1978, New Mexico, United States.
District Court, District of New Mexico and United States.
Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Staff Member, University of New Mexico Law Review, 1977.
Member: First Judicial District and American Bar Associations. State Bar of New Mexico (Director, New Mexico Young Lawyers Division, 1983-1984).
The firm of Jones, SNEAD, WERTHEIM, WENTWORTH & JARAMILLO, P.A. (The Jones Firm) was initially founded by O. Russell Jones in 1948.
lieutenant has maintained a general practice handling a wide variety of legal matters ranging from legal problems of individuals to Fortune 500 companies. The firm has handled intellectual property matters for more than 30 years. In the mid 1980"s, it handled one of the largest antitrust class actions in the history of the State of New Mexico, while also handling one of the largest single plaintiff"s commercial cases in the history of New Mexico.
In the late 1980s, it represented an heir of an internationally renowned artist in a will contest, successfully settling the contest by requiring the transfer of the bulk of that artist"s art to museums and other charitable institutions.
In the 1990"s it has handled a number of significant personal injury, wrongful death and product liability suits involving Fortune 500 companies. These matters include Federal "Daubert" hearings.
The scope of its practice includes corporate, business, estate, administrative, real estate law and litigation.
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Membership
First Judicial District and American Bar Associations. State Bar of New Mexico (Director, New Mexico Young Lawyers Division, 1983-1984). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
