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James B. Maxwell
President
James (Jim) B. Maxwell completed his
legal education in 1966 at Duke University and is an experienced trial
lawyer who regularly tries cases throughout North Carolina in both state
and federal court and argues appeals in the North Carolina Court of
Appeals, The Supreme Court of North Carolina and the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Richmond, VA). He has
successfully represented clients in claims involving wrongful death,
catastrophic injuries and medical negligence, including a number of
cases in which damages in excess of one million dollars have been
collected for his clients. He is also one of the few attorneys in North
Carolina who consistently represents professionals, including lawyers,
judges and physicians, before their respective licensing boards and he
is presently General Counsel to the North Carolina High School Athletic
Association. In addition, he has handled complex estate disputes
(including Will contests and/or claims of alleged breach of fiduciary
relationships); environmental claims on behalf of those who would
preserve the environment; condemnation proceedings involving the
acquisition of private land for public use; and complex commercial
litigation disputes.
His legal abilities have been
consistently recognized by his peers. For more than twenty years he has
been selected as a “Best Lawyer in America” in civil litigation and,
more recently, in medical negligence litigation. He is a Fellow in
the
American College of Trial Lawyers as well as the International Society of
Barristers and has been listed as both a “Super Lawyer” in North
Carolina and included among North Carolina Business’s “Legal
Elite.” In 1986 - 1987, he served as President of the North Carolina
Academy of Trial Lawyers and in 2000 - 2001, he served as the President
of the North Carolina Bar Association, becoming the first attorney in
North Carolina to have served as President of both those associations.
He also served as Chair of Legal Aid of North Carolina from 2002 – 2003
and is presently a member of the Board of Directors for Lawyers Mutual
Liability Insurance Company of North Carolina. In addition, he has been
a lecturer at over 75 continuing legal education seminars over the last
thirty years.
In the community, Jim has served as
President of the YMCA, the Durham Arts Council and as Chair of the Board
of Directors for the Durham Community Shelter for H.O.P.E. For
twenty–nine years, he volunteered as the Head Coach of the Jordan High
School Swim Team where his team won five State High School Championships
and seventeen Regional Championships. In recent years, he has served as
the Coach/Advisor for Duke Law School’s National Moot Court Team and in
2006, this team won the National Competition. He is a member of Duke
Law School’s Board of Visitors and is a Senior Lecturing Fellow there.
Included among his awards and honors
are: Southeastern YMCA Layman Distinguished Service Award,
Distinguished Alumni Award from Randolph-Macon College and the 2006
Charles S. Rhyne Award from Duke University’s School of Law as an alumni
who “exemplifies the highest standards of professional and personal
integrity and who has made significant contributions to public
service.” In 2007, he was awarded the I. Beverly Lake Award for Public
Service by the North Carolina Bar Association. In
2010, Jim was inducted into the North Carolina High School Athletic
Association Hall of Fame.
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