Background
Wagstaffe, James M. was born on April 14, 1956 in Redwood City, California, United States.
Wagstaffe, James M. was born on April 14, 1956 in Redwood City, California, United States.
Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, 1977). Hastings College of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1980).
Worked at Cooper, White & Cooper (San Francisco, California) specializing in General Business and Trial Practice, Corporate, Real Property, Regulated Industries and Public Utilities, Equipment Leasing, Asset and Credit Based Financing, Communications and Media including Broadcasting, Cable Television, Libel, Newspaper, and Telecommunications, First Amendment, Labor and Employment including Wrongful Termination and Discrimination, Employee Benefits and Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Insurance, Taxation, Securities, Construction, Creditors" Rights and Bankruptcy, Environmental, Estate Planning and Trust Administration, Intellectual Property, Maritime, Personal Injury, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Criminal Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1980, California Supreme Court and United States. District Court, Northern District of California.
1982, United States.
District Court, Central District of California. 1985, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. 1991, United States. District Court, Southern District of California.
1993, United States.
Supreme Court. Author: "Commencing and Removing Actions to Federal Court," 1986. "Doe Defendants and Federal Removal Jurisdiction," 5 California Lawyer Number.
9, September, 1985. Company-Author: "Federal Practice Guide: Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial," Rutter Group, 1997.
Lecturer: Federal Jurisdiction, Rutter Group, 1984. Federal Civil Procedure Developments, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits Judge Workshops, 1986.
Lecturer, Orientation for Newly Appointed Federal Judges, Washington, District of Columbia, 1990. Instructor: Legal Writing and Research, Hastings College of the Law, 1981.
Mass Communications Law, San Francisco State University, 1986.
Mass Communications Law, 1986 and Speech Communication, Stanford University, 1986. Federal Practice, University of San Francisco Law School, 1991. Adjunct Professor, Civil Procedure and Constitutional Law, Hastings College of the Law, 1994, Legal Reporting, University of California Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism, 1996.
Member: State Bar of California (Chairperson, Bar Committee on Federal Courts, 1987-1988).
Cooper, White & Cooper provides a broad range of legal services to corporations, organizations and individuals, many of whom have been with the firm for decades. Since the firm"s founding in 1896, our range of practice specialties has steadily expanded to meet our clients" changing needs.
Our goal is to provide the highest quality and most responsive services, at reasonable fees.
Member: State Bar of California (Chairperson, Bar Committee on Federal Courts, 1987-1988).