James P. Baker
Partner
San Francisco
Tel: +1.415.875.5721
Fax: +1.415.875.5700
Email:
jpbaker@jonesday.com
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Jim Baker's practice focuses on ERISA litigation and in providing practical advice concerning ERISA and other laws regulating employee benefit arrangements. He has provided counsel or handled litigation under ERISA or other statutes for a broad range of clients on a vast array of issues, and he is co-chair of the Firm's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice.
Mr. Baker has acted as lead attorney in four ERISA stock drop class action cases resulting in consecutive client victories using four different legal theories. In re Dell ERISA Litigation, 563 F. Supp. 2d 681 (W.D. Tex. 2008); Spivey v. The Southern Company, 427 F. Supp. 2d 1144 (N.D. Ga. 2006); In re Administrative Committee ERISA Litigation, 2005 WL 3454126 (N.D. Cal. 2005); and Ogden v. Americredit Corp., 225 F.R.D. 529 (N.D. Tex. 2005). He appears regularly in federal district and appellate courts throughout the country.
Mr. Baker is co-chair of the ABA's ERISA and Pension Litigation Subcommittee of the Committee on Business and Corporate Litigation. He is a contributing editor for the Benefits Law Journal, which is published quarterly. He also acts as a mediator for ERISA cases for the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of California and is a volunteer attorney for the AIDS Legal Referral panel.
Honors and Distinctions
Recognized by The National Law Journal as one of the nation's 40 best ERISA attorneys; selected by Chambers USA as one of "America's Leading Lawyers" for ERISA litigation; and honored as one of The Best Lawyers in America for ERISA litigation
Admitted
California; District of Columbia; United States Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits; and U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Central, and Eastern Districts of California and the districts of Colorado and Illinois
Education
Georgetown University (LL.M. in Tax 1983); Santa Clara University (J.D. 1980; B.A. 1975)