Prix et reconnaissance

• L'examen par les pairs est classé AV Preeminent®, la plus haute note de performance dans le système Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™.
• Selected by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading corporate and mergers and acquisitions attorney (2007-2025)
• Sélectionné par ses pairs pour figurer dans Les meilleurs avocats d'Amérique© dans les domaines de :
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law (2011-2024)
  • Droit des fusions et acquisitions (2013-2024)
• Named the Best Lawyers® 2016 Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Milwaukee
• Recipient of Foley & Lardner’s Carl Hitchner Mentor of the Year Award, which is an annual award recognizing outstanding mentoring to young attorneys by partners and senior counsel (2016)
• Awarded the M&A Advisor “Deal of the Year” in the Industrial Manufacturing/Distribution Category for his work on the acquisition of the automotive industrial plastics business of Wicor Holdings AG. He led the multi-national team that advised the acquirer in this transaction (2014)

Affiliations

• Association du barreau de Milwaukee
• Association du barreau américain

Engagement communautaire

• James is a member of the board of directors of Wellpoint Care Network, a nonprofit organization which provides therapy, prevention, education, and case management for children and families, including kids in foster care, foster care families, and youth aging out of the foster care system.
• He also serves on the Board of Trustees for Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Milwaukee

Présentations et publications

• Co-author, “The Impact of an Asset Purchase Transaction Structure on FCPA Risk,” Global Banking & Finance Review (August 2020)