James T. Drakeley Addison, Texas
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James Drakeley has achieved an AV® rating, the highest rating for legal ability awarded by Martindale-Hubbell. He has developed a diverse and broad-based legal practice with a focus on commercial litigation and arbitration including executive employment disputes, complex contract and business cases, business torts, trade secrets, covenants not to compete, breach of fiduciary duty claims, shareholder disputes, intellectual property disputes and commercial lease disputes.
- Year Joined Organization:
- 1980
- Areas of Practice:
- Commercial Litigation
- Executive Employment Representation & Litigation
- Commercial Lease Litigation
- Bar Admissions:
- Texas, 1980
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Education:
- Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas,
1980
J.D. - Western Kentucky University,
1975
B.A.
- Representative Cases:
- James v. Meow Media, Inc., 90 F. Supp.2d 798 (D. Ky. 2000) (U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky 2000)
- James v. Meow Media, Inc., 300 F.3d 683 (6th Cir. 2002) (U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit 2002)
- Sanders v. Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., 188 F. Supp.2d 1264 (D. Colo. 2002) (U.S. District Court District of Colorado 2002)
