James L. Magee
practice emphasis
Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Complex Business Litigation, Patent Litigation, Securities Litigation, International Law, White Collar Crime Defense
BAR ADMISSIONS
Washington, 1962
______________________________________________________________________Jim is a member of the firm’s Litigation Group. In 35 years of practice, he has tried civil and criminal cases in virtually every area of the law, including antitrust, securities, intellectual property, technology, environmental, construction, and malpractice. He is the author of “Expediting Pretrials and Trials of Antitrust Cases.” In addition to his trial work, Jim handles international commercial and trade regulation matters.
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
Jim has tried numerous complex antitrust, patent, and securities cases, including:
Successfully defending a $1.5 billion dollar antitrust jury case involving the salmon industry.
Civil RICO and fraud case for an international software and hardware manufacturer resulting in a $7,500,000 favorable verdict.
Sherman and Clayton Act cases in the dairy and poultry industries.
Trade secret-antitrust cases in the commercial aircraft industry and in the nuclear reactor fuel industry.
International antitrust case in the tool industry.
PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Fellow and Chair of Professionalism Committee, American College of Trial Lawyers
Fellow, International Society of Barristers
Member, American Bar Association
Member, King County Bar Association
Member, Washington State Bar Association
Former Lawyer Delegate, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference
Former Co-Chair, Pacific Northwest Antitrust Institute
Former Chair, Washington State Bar Association Consumer Protection, Antitrust and
Unfair Business Practices Section
RECOGNITION
Washington Law & Politics, “Super Lawyer,” 2000-2007
EDUCATION
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1962
B.A., University of Wisconsin, 1956
