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Biography
James
Rossi is a vice-president of Crandall, Wade and Lowe, and is based in the
Los Angeles County office.
James manages the firm’s Workers’ Compensation unit. He represents
various employers and insurance companies in workers’ compensation cases
brought by their employees. James also handles a wide variety of civil
litigation matters. He has been successful in the California trial and
appellate courts, as well as the federal courts.
Some
of his experience includes handling issues of insurance law (i.e.,
automobile accidents, fraud, and bad faith), catastrophic personal injuries
(i.e., wrongful death, loss of use of limbs, and psychological injuries),
intellectual property (i.e., domain name disputes, trade secret
misappropriation, trademark infringement), business litigation (i.e.,
contractual breaches, and claims under the Business and Professions Code),
and appeals/writs (i.e. jurisdiction of the federal district court, building
code interpretation, illegal jury verdicts, and venue).
James was named a “Southern California Rising Star” by Law and Politics in
2005 through 2007, and in Los Angeles Magazine and Southern
California Super Lawyers Magazine, which identifies him as being among
the top 2.5% of up and coming lawyers.
James recently handled an appeal before the 9th Circuit Court of
Appeals pertaining to issues of the federal court’s jurisdiction. The
issues were matters of first impression in the 9th Circuit.
Ultimately, James’ appeal was granted on all issues in favor of his client
and the 9th Circuit issued a published opinion creating new
controlling legal precedent. See Lively v. Wild Oats Markets,
456 F.3d 933 (9th Cir. 2006). Subsequently, the plaintiff
petitioned the United States Supreme court for a writ of certiorari.
James successfully opposed the petition, which was denied in its entirety,
leaving the new law undisturbed.
In
May 2002, James' article "Protection for Trademark Owners: The Ultimate
System of Regulating Search Engine Results" was the lead article in
Volume 42, Number 2, of the Santa Clara Law Review.
During law school, James was in the Moot Court Program at Loyola where he
was awarded for his performance in competition and was a Justice of the Moot
Court Honors Board. He was on the Dean's List, and named to the best
defense team in his trial advocacy class. Additionally, James started an
Internet company selling products. Currently, James is the legal
advisor for the Internet company.
James enjoys judging moot court competitions. He judges both national
and school competitions.
James is admitted to practice before all California State Courts. He is
also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Central District
of California, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as the United
States Supreme Court. He is also a member of the Southern California
Defense Counsel.
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