Background
Newsom III, James R. was born on April 23, 1954 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
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James R. Newsom III
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Rhodes College (Bachelor of Arts, 1976). Vanderbilt University School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1979).
Career
Worked at Hanover, Walsh, Jalenak & Blair (Memphis, Tennessee) specializing in General Civil Practice in all Courts. General Corporate and Business Practice. Real Estate, Condemnation, Zoning, Immigration, International Trade, Distribution, Bankruptcy, Environmental, Hospital and Health Care, Taxation, Probate, Estate Planning, Personal Injury, Insurance and Insurance Defense, Administrative, Municipal, Labor Relations, Equal Employment Opportunity, Employee Benefits, Copyright Enforcement, Entertainment, Domestic Relations.
Admitted to the bar, 1979, Tennessee, United States.
Supreme Court, United States. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, United States.
Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, United States. District Court, Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee, United States.
District Court, Northern District of Mississippi.
Omicron Delta Kappa. Phi Beta Kappa. Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1978, 1979. Hanover, Walsh, Jalenak & Blair was founded in 1914.
We are a full-service law firm with an active litigation practice in all state and federal courts.
We represent both plaintiffs and defendants, businesses and individuals, in a wide variety of civil cases, with an emphasis on complex business related litigation, such as matters related to breach of contract, warranty and products liability claims, securities law, employment disputes, environmental matters, condemnation, zoning and other real estate matters. In addition, we have a selective practice in domestic relations and personal injury.
Hanover, Walsh, Jalenak and Blair also provides to businesses, their owners and management, substantially all the legal services they require, including the organization of business enterprises, financing and planning, litigation prevention and risk management, products distribution questions, employment matters, and other business related activities. We also represent developers and tenants of commercial and industrial real estate, as well as individuals and families in estate planning and probate matters.
We have lawyers with substantial experience in municipal law, environmental matters, immigration, and health care.
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Membership
Member: American Bar Association.
