About Timothy
Timothy James has constructed an extended career at the intersection of state and federal practice. He is licensed to the bars of South Dakota and Nebraska and is likewise admitted to practice before the U.S. highest court. He serves as president of James Law, PC, a company he has led since the early 1990s.
He completed undergraduate studies at the University of South Dakota, earning a B.A. in Political Science and Mass Communications in 1983. He remained on the same college for law school and acquired his J.D. in 1988. Those years set the stage for early court work and a string of positions in each clerical and litigation roles.
After law school he clerked for the United States District Court, South Dakota Western Division, beginning in 1989. That clerkship put him inside federal courtroom procedures and the realistic rhythms of civil and felony dockets. He moved from the clerk’s office into personal practice and, by 1992, was operating as a litigator at Querry & Harrow in Chicago, Illinois.
A yr later he returned to lead his personal practice. In 1993 he have become president of James Law, PC. The company’s work has covered state and federal matters and included trial-level work. Over the decades he has handled case improvement, motion practice, and court advocacy. He has represented clients in contested hearings and bench and jury trials.
His admissions to the South Dakota bar, the Nebraska bar and the U.S. highest court reflect a profession that spans regional practice and things that can pass onto countrywide filings. He maintains club in the Nebraska State Bar Association and holds other professional memberships. Those ties keep him related to procedural developments and modifications in court practice in the Midwest.
Colleagues and opposing counsel describe him as skilled in courtroom procedure and litigation strategy, and he is frequently the attorney who sees cases thru from plea or petition to resolution. His background consists of federal and state legal proceedings, and he draws on years of trial work when advising clients and preparing instances for listening to.
Today he leads James Law, PC, managing client things and supervising litigation practice. He practices across South Dakota and Nebraska and continues to handle civil and federal instances in state and federal courts, which includes matters that attain appellate or national ranges.
