Bernanke to give deposition in AIG bailout lawsuit
A U.S. judge has ordered that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke can be questioned in a lawsuit against the government filed by the former head of American International Group Inc.
Education
Law School/Year: Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 1981
Other/Graduate School/Year: Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, 2002
College: Arizona State University, 1977
Bar Admissions
California; Georgia; U.S. District Court, Southern and Central Districts; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Practice Areas
Personal Injury; Civil Litigation; Real Agent/Broker Estate Fraud; Complex white collar criminal cases with medical causation issues.
Professional Background
If you are looking for a country club lawyer, Jim is not the lawyer you want to represent you. If you want a lawyer who will learn about you, understand you, and know how to tell your story to a jury, then he is the lawyer you want.
James Matthew Brown is one of the premier personal injury and trial attorneys in Southern California, with numerous successful trials recovering multimillions in judgments and settlements to his credit. Brown is most often retained by other attorneys to litigate and try many of their complicated and serious injury cases. He has mastered unique and very specialized skills used to discover and tell his client’s stories which allow jurors to emotionally connect with his clients and him. The quality of his character, love of his family and clients contribute mightily to his ability consistently obtain numerous outstanding jury verdicts for the folks he is privileged to represent.
Since 1981, Brown has been lead trial counsel and instrumental in obtaining multimillions in verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients and attorneys that have hired him to try their cases for them. Brown has successfully tried cases involving brain injury, paralysis, orthopedic and/or neurological injury, emotional injury and financial losses. They also include automobile collisions, trip/slip and falls, wrongful death, defective products, burns, medical negligence and amusement park injuries.
Awards: 2013 CASD Trial Lawyer of the Year;2011 CASD Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award; 2011, 2013 Superlawyers, Personal Injury; 2013, 2012, 2009 San Diego County Top Attorneys-Personal Injury; 2013, 2012, 2011, The National Trial Lawyers TOP 100 Trial Lawyers-Personal Injury.
Professional Affiliations
Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, faculty trainer; CASD board of directors; SD Inn of Courts, board of directors; trial skills presenter and instructor for CASD and San Diego Inn of Courts.
Aug. 14, 2013 -- Reporter Doug Sherwin talks with attorney Lonny Zilberman, a partner with Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP and a 2013 Top Attorney, about sexual harassment lawsuits and the nuances of these types of cases.
A U.S. judge has ordered that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke can be questioned in a lawsuit against the government filed by the former head of American International Group Inc.
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#1. Put all commission agreements in writing (Labor Code section 2751).
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The University of San Diego School of Law develops resources and clinics that offer practical training to law students while making it possible for them to give back to the community. With San Diego County’s estimated veteran population of 250,000 and more than 2 million veterans living in California, there is no doubt that many have and will benefit from the school’s Initiative to Protect Student Veterans.
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Ralph Nader has a new cause.
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A federal jury in Oregon awarded $18.6 million to a woman who spent two years unsuccessfully trying to get Equifax Information Services to fix major mistakes on her credit report.
A coalition of environmental groups is suing the Cuomo administration over dairy farm regulations intended to bolster the state's growing yogurt industry, the groups announced Monday.
It was late at night on Feb. 27, 2001, and Penn State's then-president, Graham Spanier, one of academia's most prominent administrators, typed a brief email to two other top administrators as they debated how to respond to a thorny situation.
FedEx Corp., the world’s largest cargo airline, will pay $21.5 million to settle a lawsuit over claims that it overcharged customers by billing for deliveries to businesses and governments at higher residential rates.
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