James M. Alexander, Esquire

I thoroughly enjoy assisting my colleagues in resolving disputes outside the court system, undertaking to give the utmost consideration to counsel, the clients, and the issues involved.  I also look forward to and appreciate observing the quality presentations of counsel many of whom I have litigated cases with or against at some point in my career. Providing a fair, unbiased, and cost-effective resolution based on the facts and the law is my ultimate goal in every case.

Here is little information about me:

Background and Education:

I graduated from Sayre Area High School in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. I then graduated from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Hotel and Restaurant Management in 1991 and a B.A. in Philosophy, minor in Political Science, in 1993. In 1996, relocating to south Florida, I attended Florida University - St. Thomas University School of Law and received my Juris Doctor in 1999. I was named to the Dean's List on several occasions and received the highest grade in my class for Appellate Advocacy. I was selected to the Moot Court team, where I served as President. I participated in several state/national moot court competitions and received "Third Best Oralist" in the National Criminal Law Competition in Buffalo, New York. In the summer of 1997, I served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jeri Beth Cohen of the 11th Judicial Circuit in Florida. In the summer of 1998, I served as a law clerk to Honorable David M. Gersten in the Third District Court of Appeal, Florida. Between 1997 and 1999, I also served as a law clerk at a small south-Miami plaintiff's personal injury firm. While there, I authored the prevailing brief in the First District Court of Appeal. Upon returning to the Philadelphia area and passing the bar exam, I spent my first three years as an associate in a plaintiff's personal injury firm, thereafter, joining the trial division of the Law Offices of Raymond W. Ruthrauff, Jr. and Associates, P.C., where I defended individuals sued as a result of motor vehicle accidents. There, I gained invaluable trial experience, trying numerous arbitration cases and several cases to verdict, jury and non-jury. I also successfully briefed and argued cases in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. I then joined Haggerty, Goldberg, Schleifer & Kupersmith, P.C. "HGSK", where I prepared and tried numerous cases pertaining to general negligence, motor vehicle negligence, and slip and fall/premises liability. I also continued to successfully brief and argue cases in the Pennsylvania Superior Court. For a short period of time thereafter, I worked in a part-time capacity at Wright & O'Donnell, P.C., a defense firm in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, where I litigated primarily premises liability matters.