James O. Johnston

Conflict, Mediation
601 South Figueroa Street, Suite 3300
Los Angeles, California 90017


Conflict

Admitted

1993, California

Law School

University of Southern California, J.D., 1993

Law School Graduation Year

1993

College

Stanford University, B.A., 1990; University of Southern California, M.A., Communication, 1993

Memberships

American Bar Association; State Bar of California (Member, Business Law Section); Insol International; American Bankruptcy Institute.

Biographical

Order of the Coif. Recipient: Malcomb Lucas, Alfred J. Mellenthin, Gerald G. Kelly and Scribes Awards. Member, 1991-1992 and Managing Editor, 1992-1993, University of Southern California Law Review. Law Clerk, Honorable Cynthia Holcomb Hall, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1993-1994. Author: The Inequitable Machinations of Section 362(a)(3): Rethinking Bankruptcy's Automatic Stay Over Intangible Property Rights, 66 S.Cal.L.Rev. 659, 1992. Co-Author: Privileges in Bankruptcy, New York University Workshop on Bankruptcy and Business Reorganization, 1993; Introduction: In the Matter of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler: A Symposium on Government Regulations, Lawyers' Ethics and the Rule of Law, 66 S.Cal.L.Rev. 977, 1993; State Defiance of Bankruptcy Law, 52 Vand.L.Rev. 1528, 1999. Panelist: Matters of Privilege, 1999 and Bankruptcy Courts v. the States, 2000, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum. Member, Financial Lawyers Conference.

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