James McManis
Partner

jmcmanis@mcmanisfaulkner.com

James McManis is a trial lawyer. Although he represents various Silicon Valley
companies—involving trade secret, copyright, and patent issues in a variety of
technologies—he also serves individuals in matters as varied as disputes with their employers, civil rights actions against the government, and the defense of criminal prosecutions.

McManis has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for 10 consecutive years, in both business litigation and criminal defense. He also appears in Who’s Who in America.

McManis is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the American Bar Foundation. American membership in the International Academy is limited to the top 500 trial lawyers in the United States. Members of both the Academy and the College are regarded as the premier trial lawyers in the United States. Admission to the American Bar Foundation is by invitation only.

Since his appointment as the Special Master in the Technical Equities cases in 1987, McManis has been asked by judges, lawyers and litigants to mediate matters in litigation, leading to the settlement of many cases. He has also arbitrated disputes in a variety of legal settings.

McManis is most proud that he has been a member of the trial bar for over 40 years, and that he continues to try cases at his advanced age. His goal is never to retire.

EDUCATION
• University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall, J.D., 1967
• Stanford University, B.A. History, with Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, 1964

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
• State Bar of California, 1967
• U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Central, Southern and Eastern Districts

  of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth, Federal, and D.C. Circuits
• U.S. Supreme Court

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