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James R. Kirby II 
770 L Street
Suite 1440
Sacramento, California 95814-3396
 

Communication Center 
Phone: (916) 441-0828
E-mail: firm@segalandkirby.com
Fax: (916) 446-6003
Web site: http://www.segalandkirby.com


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James R. Kirby II , born Goldsboro, North Carolina, July 1949. Admitted in California (1979). Admitted to the Fifth and Ninth Circuits and the U.S. Supreme Court. Education : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1972); McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (J.D., 1979). Member, Traynor Honor Society. Member, Board of Editors, Pacific Law Journal, 1978-1979. Author: "An Artist's Personal Rights in His Creative Works: Beyond the Human Cannonball and the Flying Circus," 9 Pacific Law Journal 855 (Jul. 1978); "Motions In Limine and Trial Strategy", The Docket (Jun. 1993).

Law Clerk to Hon. Thomas J. MacBride, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 1979-1980. Writ Clerk, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 1980-1982.

Member: Sacramento County Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, State Bar of California, and The Anthony M. Kennedy American Inn of Court.

CONCENTRATION: Civil litigation; Professional Malpractice Litigation.

Current Employment Position(s):
Partner
Areas of Practice:
Civil and Business Litigation
Professional Malpractice Litigation
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
California, 1979
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1982
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California, 1979
J.D.
Honors: Member, Traynor Honor Society
Honors: Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law
Honors: Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Federal Courts
Honors: Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Conflicts of Law
Law Journal: Pacific Law Journal, Member, Board of Editors, 1978 - 1979


University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 1972
B.A.


Published Works:
An Artist's Personal Rights in His Creative Works: Beyond the Human Cannonball and the Flying Circus, 9 Pacific Law Journal 855, July, 1978


Motions In Limine and Trial Strategy, 93 Docket 17, June, 1993


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Lecturer, Attorney Ethics and Malpractice Issues


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Sacramento County Bar Association
Member


Federal Bar Association
Member


State Bar of California
Member


State Bar of California, Eastern District of California
Member, Civil Justice Reform Act Committee


Sacramento County Superior Court, Arbitration Panel
Appointed Pro Tem Civil Settlement Judge and Member


Eastern District of California, Early Neutral Evaluation Program
Appointed Evaluator


Past Employment Positions:
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, Hon. Thomas J. MacBride, Law Clerk, 1979 - 1980


U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, Writ Clerk, 1980 - 1982


770 L Street, Suite 1440, Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone.916.441.0828    Fax.916.446.6003