James W. Semple

Background

Semple, James W. was born on November 18, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Education

St. Joseph's College (Bachelor of Arts, 1965). Villanova University (Juris Doctor, 1974).

Career

Worked at Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams (Wilmington, Delaware) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1974, Delaware. 1975, District of Columbia.

Author: "Cross Examining Expert Witnesses," Civil Litigation Practice: A Fundamentals Program, Delaware State Bar Association and Widener School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware 1988. Michael DeMarco and James W. Semple, "The Admissibility At Trial Of The Settlement Of A Tortfeasor," 41 FICC Quarterly 271 (1991). Janice J. Brown and James W. Semple, "Judicial Intervention In The Investigatory Process," F.I.C.C. Annual Meeting, August, 1991.

David Erisman and James W. Semple, Evidence In Trial Practice In Delaware, National Business Institute, 1991. Litigation Desk Reference: Torts and Insurance, Delaware, Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1992. Member: Delaware State (Member, Executive Committee, 1978-1980.

Founding Chairman, Torts and Insurance Practice Section, 1982-1984) and American (Member, Section on Litigation, Torts and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations. The District of Columbia Bar. American Board of Trial Advocates.

American Judicature Society. Association Internationale de Droit d'Assurance, The International Society of Insurance Law (United States. Chapter); American Inns of Court, Richard Rodney Inn.

Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel. Defense Research Institute. American Society of Law and Medicine.

Defense Counsel of Delaware (Founding President, 1989-1990). Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, founded in 1932, has become one of Delaware's leading law firms. In addition to its full service regional practice, the firm has a national practice in the areas of corporate and fiduciary litigation, corporate law, and partnerships and other forms of business organizations.

The firm offers a full range of professional services, including trial and appellate litigation in all state and federal courts, in the areas of Delaware corporate law. Insurance, medical malpractice, tort, products liability and environmental law. Bankruptcy and creditor's rights law.

Business law; commercial real estate, zoning and land use planning law. Federal and state taxation. Estate planning, trust and probate law.

Health and hospital law. Municipal finance law. Labor relations; education law.

Administrative law; family law and intellectual property law. In addition, the firm's attorneys counsel multinational and other clients on all matters relating to the organization, operation, merger/combination and dissolution of Delaware corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and business trusts and other Delaware business organizations, as well as on the establishment and taxation of Delaware holding companies. Continuing the firm's tradition of community leadership and service to the profession, members of the firm are involved in significant professional, business, charitable and political activities.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: "Cross Examining Expert Witnesses," Civil Litigation Practice: A Fundamentals Program, Delaware State Bar Association and Widener School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware 1988. Michael DeMarco and James W. Semple, "The Admissibility At Trial Of The Settlement Of A Tortfeasor," 41 FICC Quarterly 271 (1991). Janice J. Brown and James W. Semple, "Judicial Intervention In The Investigatory Process," F.I.C.C. Annual Meeting, August, 1991.
    
    David Erisman and James W. Semple, Evidence In Trial Practice In Delaware, National Business Institute, 1991. Litigation Desk Reference: Torts and Insurance, Delaware, Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1992.

Membership

Member: Delaware State (Member, Executive Committee, 1978-1980. Founding Chairman, Torts and Insurance Practice Section, 1982-1984) and American (Member, Section on Litigation, Torts and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations. The District of Columbia Bar.

American Board of Trial Advocates. American Judicature Society. Association Internationale de Droit d'Assurance, The International Society of Insurance Law (United States.

Chapter); American Inns of Court, Richard Rodney Inn. Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel. Defense Research Institute.

American Society of Law and Medicine. Defense Counsel of Delaware (Founding President, 1989-1990).