James T Shearin

I represent clients in the areas of commercial and business, intellectual property, Internet piracy and computer crimes, banking, securities, antitrust, products liability and general civil litigation. I also have wide-ranging experience in federal and state courts, at both the trial and appellate levels, and before arbitration and mediation boards. I have lectured and written on the following: the constitutionality of Connecticut’s Prejudgment Remedy Statute, “ins and outs” of civil forfeitures, lender-liability law, federal discovery rules, implications of expert disclosure in federal court, limitations of technical advancements in the practice of law, rules and practices governing the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, the means by which to secure federal judgments, medical malpractice liability for HMOs, defense of covenant not to compete cases, Markman hearings, the federal jurisdiction of national banks, federal court practice and procedure, expert witnesses, settlement conferences and mediation in the federal court, case management and the art of written and oral advocacy. I am also an American Arbitration Association-qualified attorney. Admitted in Connecticut, New York, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, and the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York