Background
Sitkin, James M. was born on February 24, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Sitkin, James M. was born on February 24, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
University of California at Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts, with distinction in Economics and Psychology, 1976). Hastings College of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1982). Writer, 1980-1981 and Research Editor, 1981-1982, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly.
Extern to Justice Joseph P. Grodin, California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, 1982.
Worked at Niesar & Diamond Limited Liability Partnership (San Francisco, California) specializing in Insurance Coverage/Bad Faith Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Business Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1983, California. 1984, United States. District Court, Northern District of California and United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
1985, United States. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of California. Writer, 1980-1981 and Research Editor, 1981-1982, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly.
Extern to Justice Joseph P. Grodin, California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, 1982. Member: The State Bar of California.
The State Bar of California. Insurance Coverage/Bad Faith Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Businesss Litigation.