James A. Plaisted

Commercial, Mediation
5 Becker Farm Road, P.O. Box 901
Roseland, New Jersey 07068


Commercial

Admitted

1973, New York; 1974, New Jersey

Law School

Washington University, J.D., 1972

Law School Graduation Year

1972

College

Ohio Wesleyan University, B.A., 1969

Memberships

Essex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; Trial Attorneys of New Jersey; New Jersey Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Biographical

Order of the Coif. Comments Editor, Washington University Law Quarterly, 1971-1972. Recipient: Outstanding Professional Achievement Award from the New Jersey State Bar Association, 1983; Department of Justice Outstanding Professional Achieve Award, 1979 and 1982. Author: Note, Juvenile Right To Jury Trial: Post McKeiver, Washington University Law Quarterly, 1971; Softening Tough Federal Sentencing Guidelines, 127 N.J.L.J. 1015, 1991. Chief Fraud and Public Protection Division for U.S. Attorney's Office for New Jersey, 1979-1983. Assistant U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, 1974-1983. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Virgin Islands, 1980-1983. Lecturer, Civil and Criminal Trial Advocacy, U.S. Justice Department Advocacy Institute, 1978-1982. Federal Arbitrator, United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 1986—. President, Rutgers Law School's C. Willard Heckel Inn of Court. (Certified Civil and Criminal Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification)

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