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James A. Friedman is team leader of the Insurance Practice Group and a member of the Litigation and Media Practice Groups in the Madison office. He practices in the civil litigation area with an emphasis on media law, appellate litigation, insurance coverage, insurance liquidation and guaranty fund work. Before joining the firm, James served as the law clerk to Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Donald W. Steinmetz. He is the co-author of five chapters in the Media Law Resource Center's "50-State Survey of Libel and Privacy Law," the Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press, 50-state Compendium of Shield Laws, the NAIC Receivers Handbook for Insolvencies, the NCIGF Annotated Model Insurance Guaranty Act, and the article "State Constitutions: The Shopping Mall Cases," published in the 1998 Wisconsin Law Review. James earned his undergraduate degree with high honors from Georgia Tech in electrical engineering in 1988. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School and received a Master of Public Affairs from the University of Wisconsin in 1992. James is admitted to practice before all Wisconsin courts, state and federal; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the American Bar Association (Communications Law Forum), the State Bar of Wisconsin (Media-Law Relations Committee, Chair), and the Dane County Bar Association. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation and The Progressive Magazine (Treasurer). James is a past board member and president of Community Housing & Services, Inc. (n/k/a Porchlight). He was one of the founding members of the James E. Doyle American Inn of Court and served as Program Coordinator for two years.
Honors
Named in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America
Named a 2006 and 2007 Wisconsin Super Lawyer
Listed in In Business Magazine's 2006 and 2007 "Executive Register"
Listed in In Business Magazine's 2005 "40 Executives Under 40"
Publications
"Political Broadcasting 2004"
January 01, 2004
Admitted to Practice
Wisconsin - 1993
Professional Association Memberships
American Bar Association
College of Master Advocates & Barristers
Dane County Bar Association
Wisconsin State Bar Association
Court Admissions
State of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Federal Trial Courts of Wisconsin
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
United States Supreme Court
Activities
University of Wisconsin Law School - Lecturer - Constitutional Law
American Bar Association - Communications Law Forum member
State Bar of Wisconsin - Media/Lawyer Relations Committee
Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation - Board of Directors
The Progressive Magazine - Board of Directors, Treasurer
Community Housing & Services, Inc. (n/k/a Porchlight) - President and past board member
James E. Doyle American Inn of Court - One of the founding members and Program Coordinator (for two years)
Education
Juris Doctor, University of Wisconsin Law School, 1992, with honors
Master of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992
Bachelor of Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988, high honors.
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