James Pham
EDUCATION
Western State University, College of Law, Fullerton, CA Juris Doctor, 2009
Western State Law Review Senior Technical Editor; Student WriterDeans Honor Roll, Deans Circle Member, Deans Scholar Stellar Fellow
Georgetown University Law Center, London, UK London Summer Abroad Program, 2007
International Trade and the World Trade Organization(WTO) Comparative Consumer Protection Law
University Of California, Irvine, CA Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences, 1999
Deans Honor Roll
EXPERIENCE
JD Energy Solutions, LLC, Canton, OH Title Abstractor, 2012 - 2013
Conduct full chain of title research for oil & gas, commercial and residential real estate; create abstract reports that identified ownership, leaseholds, encumbrances, liens, and clouds on title to determine mineral
ownership; experience in HBP work, identifying overriding royalty interests, and calculating net revenue and working interests
Netlist, Inc., Irvine, Pasadena, CA In-House Legal Counsel, 2009 - 2011
Led the document production for high-profile patent infringement cases involving high-technology companies
who were members of the JEDEC-standardizing body; coordinated with outside E-discovery vendors and outside counsel to produce required electronic data and documents; assisted in managing the corporate legal
department of a NASDAQ, publicly-traded, high-technology company; reviewed and prepared non-disclosure
agreements, licensing agreements and consulting agreements with companies and employees; worked closely with patent litigation counsel and patent prosecution counsel to manage patent infringement cases
Girardi Keese, Los Angeles, CA Senior Law Clerk, 2008 - 2009
Contacted patients and assisted in the recovery of a sum total of 4.85 billion dollar settlement proceeds;
reviewed and requested client information related to personal family wills, living trusts, and financial data
affecting the disbursement of settlement funds
Federal Aviation Administration, Hawthorne, CA Summer Honors Intern, 2006
Drafted Notices of Certificate Actions for Presidential Temporary Flight
Restrictions (TFRs) citing pilot violations of TFR flight boundaries
Buchalter, Nemer, Fields and Younger, Irvine, CA Case Clerk, 2004
Prepared federal complaints, motions for default judgments, discovery interrogatories/responses and initial disclosures; analyzed, researched and examined evidence pertinent to proving the illegal transmission of satellite technology
Stradling, Yocca, Carlson and Rauth, Newport Beach, CA Litigation Clerk, 2002 - 2004
Assisted attorneys and paralegals in the representation of multi-million dollar companies; organized document productions in corporate filings and settlements pertaining to the rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD)
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout Award (1995)